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Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff

36 reviews

stephaniemcuervo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, War, and Classism

Minor: Miscarriage, Rape, and Vomit

taliatalksbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

Jay Kristoff’s Godsgrave is the second book in his Nevernight trilogy. This book continues to impress with the amount of detail and complexity as the first in this series. However, I prefer the shift in Mia’s character here, as she continues in her journey of vengeance. There are so many twists along the way that kept me in my toes as a reader, which I deeply appreciate from such an intricate fantasy world. This series forces me to change my reading style, slowing down and absorbing each and every sentence as to not miss anything. While normally I find books like this taxing and too slow-moving, Kristoff pulls off the pace and tone effortlessly. I have been thoroughly enjoying this series despite the speed at which I’m reading it suggesting otherwise. I feel like I really need to sit with the events for more time and let them fully sink in. This series is proving to be an epic journey of revenge, and I cannot wait to see how the third novel unfolds. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

p3tt1tt's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, and Violence

pils8p's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Slavery and Trafficking

Minor: Bullying

ek4therin4h's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, and Excrement

cball98's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.75

I don’t know why this took me so long to read because I really enjoyed it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

lisavandonselaar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death and Grief

jesus_d's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, and Murder

anntharai's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Cliffhangers kill me but yet here we are. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

rafacolog's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Sexism, Violence, Blood, and Murder