Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Broken Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin

9 reviews

debhawk84's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I read this book 8 years ago, and listening to it, it remains my favorite of the series. Oree is one of my favorite characters N.K. Jemisin has written so far. I love the character progression of Shiny and the deeper insight into the Three.

Seeing Shadow, Sky, and all the gods and godlings through Oree's eyes painted such an interesting picture. N.K. once again created a beautifully vivid new world for readers to get lost in, and the plot was so good. I still marvel to think this was her debut series.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Blood, Violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent, Abandonment, and Ableism

ecmbeanie's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Religious bigotry, Violence, Police brutality, Classism, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, Blood, and Torture

Minor: Death of parent

mlynch133's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, and Police brutality

Moderate: Ableism, Incest, and Cannibalism

Minor: War, Slavery, Torture, and Pregnancy

laguerrelewis's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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

Jemisin knows how to do a sequel. She’s refined it to an art, and her skill should be studied. I wondered at how the first installment could be followed up, but this one understands that a sequel need not confine itself, especially in a world like this. The new perspective recontextualizes and expands the world we got a brief look at in the last book, and the characters are just as rich and interesting, if not more so. With a middle entry like this, I cannot wait to see how this story is closed.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Gore, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Body horror, Murder, Self harm, Violence, Cannibalism, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

Minor: Pregnancy and Xenophobia

queenie_ofthe_void's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

This book is even better than the first, which I didn't think was possible.

Spoiler

This book, particularly the ending, broke me. Emotionally. I sobbed and had to go on a walk. I finished days ago and am just doing a review, so I've forgotten details already. But Itempas leaving was too much to handle. Especially just WALKING OUT. No goodbyes, just gone. Heartbreaking.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Self harm, Vomit, Blood, Death, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Body horror, Confinement, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

anxiousnachos's review

dark mysterious

4.5

4.5 stars. The first one is still my favourite but this was an excellent continuation of the series and a truly wonderful introduction to Itempas, the other god who we haven’t seen much of in the first book. The book itself is brutal and horrific and the ending especially so and I don’t know why I expected different because it makes sense. And yet I hoped, because this hurt. 

There is one very problematic remark about domestic abuse implying women “choose” to take husbands who beat them and are stupid for doing so, which did sour an otherwise excellent read. This remark just made no sense coming from the character it did, and felt so out of touch. This is on page 330 of my copy. 

Content warnings: suicide, suicide attempts, blood, violence, murder, body horror, kidnapping, cults, confinement, forced medical procedure, torture, indoctrination, one problematic remark about female domestic abuse victims 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Murder, Torture, and Violence

seanml's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

My thoughts on the series as a whole so far are still the same: some good, some bad. But I think this sequel was an improvement over the first. I like our protagonist; they were a very interesting character to follow. There was one major plot thread at the end of The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms that I was hoping Jemisin brought back for this one, and sure enough she did! I thought the narrative really picked up in the last quarter of the book, and the author’s descriptions were definitely the highlight of the book. 7.5/10.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Gore, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Torture

Minor: Incest, Pregnancy, Stalking, and Vomit

achingallover's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Genocide, Gore, Incest, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

kylieqrada's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Review to come once my brain lets me write reviews again. But I love this series 😍😍😍

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Incest, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Torture, Violence, and Xenophobia