Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff

10 reviews

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

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

emmjay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Vomit

dragonaion's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

An excellent sequel, God's grave absolutely did not disappoint! The hardest thing about writing a sequel with such a known character is how to keep the character's development and growth believable, consistent, and still flow with the guidance of the story. 

With that, I am delighted to already have the final book beside me so I can read this story just as it feels it was written-back to back. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Infertility, Sexism, and Vomit

smmarshall221's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

lettigirl101's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

madison1's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Slavery, and Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child death

oliverreeds'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? Yes

i want to give this five stars because the writing is incredible, but i can't because of the sexualization of minors. these kids are sixteen and seventeen and are being written about in a very sexualized manner that is uncomfortable. there are sex scenes between minors and this book was definitely intended to be consumed by the older end of the young adult group.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

thelizzielibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Talk about a cliffhanger! We all know Jay Kristoff writes absolutely brilliant novels (if you don't know that, please come out from under your rock and join us), and this was another brilliant example. Too many things were so great, so here's a short list:
- The pacing! I hate books that bog me down in unnecessary explanations, and with the long timeline in this book, I expected to be frustrated with the pacing, but it was perfect.
- Those character arcs though. For real. I didn't know who was good or bad because everyone was morally grey, which is one of my favorite techniques in books, even when it drives me nuts.
- The narration of the book. Sometimes it was formed to trick the reader, and it was so subtle and well done!
- Obviously the world building is

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Trafficking