Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab

34 reviews

rinku's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content and Death of parent

imds's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent

taryn_g's review

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, and Death of parent

Minor: Child death

abbyynormal's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Classism

glund_01's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse and Death

Minor: Homophobia and Sexual content

cams's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Reading this book was a comforting hug from my favourite characters and fantasy world.

VE Schwab did not disappoint me, and boy, was I afraid to go back to London since I've adored the Shades series so much. 

This book was everything I had expected and more. It was filled with Antari, magic, adventures, thieves, sea, family, ghosts from the past, banter and treason. Perfect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Death

seastheday's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I wasn’t sure how Schwab was going to pull off reviving the Shades of Magic characters for a new series- but it worked spectacularly. I absolutely loved the plot and the way new characters were melded into the mix instead of just thrown in. Their world building is top tier & it’s unlike any other fantasy author I’ve read. The execution is flawless- easy to comprehend and digest. The book was enrapturing and I did not want to put it down. But alas, I do have children, so I was unable to devour it like I previous could in another life. 

However, I did notice a few things that were inconsistent from SOM to FTOP. My main ones were that Rhy has fire magic in the first book. It’s not a ton, but it’s there. However, in this book he has absolutely none. But the inconsistent part that annoyed me the most was that, you can’t travel from boat to land/vice versa using Antari magic. But that rule was thrown out the window for FTOP.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

bessadams's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, and Torture

Minor: Sexual content and Alcohol

some_random_person_hi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Holland ilysm being in denial abt you dying in ACOL paid off 🥰
All around, felt like fanservice for ADSOM fans but I'm the fan that's getting served so I'm not complaining. Kosika chapters were kinda draggy at times (but also really engaging at other times!) From a pacing standpoint this book has so many problems. I also doubt that it can be understood well/easily/at all by someone who didn't read the ADSOM trilogy beforehand because of the sheer number of characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Death, and Torture

Minor: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, Blood, and Kidnapping

Self harm is to get blood for magic.

jackiepreston's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Unfortunately I didn't connect with the new characters as well as I did with the old ones. Hopefully the next book will make them more interesting

and hopefully the White London storyline will start to connect more directly to everyone else

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse and Homophobia