Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Hunger of the Gods by John Gwynne

24 reviews

wolfism's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

5.0

Wow, look at that. If the third book doesn’t mess it all up, I’ll have a favorite trilogy. I’m not saying it’s peak literature, it just specifically appeals to me. Very much so. Lots of tropes I love. Like, I’m not sure it would make sense to recommend this to my friends. 

I love being on this adventure, it has a perfect mix of light-heartedness and darkness without being hopeless. I find the characters intriguing if not all likable, and I find them nuanced. None of the POV characters were a chore to follow. Even if I don't like them all, it wasn't boring and definitely worthwhile. I guess it always helps when the chapters are on the shorter side. There were teeny tiny bits that I could have done without, but in the grand scheme of things, they are inconsequential and merely nit-picky (like I still don't care for the term "thought-cage" lol). Clearly, none of it ruined my overall experience. I'm very much looking forward to The Fury of the Gods. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content and Grief

worm_on_the_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Solid book. The beginning felt like Gwynne wasn’t quite sure where he wanted to go with it, but got better as the story unfolded.
The writing, however was definitely more developed from the second book, and I enjoyed and found it a little easier to read.
Overall pretty good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Death, Slavery, and Blood

sinaprst's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

How dare you John Gwynne? 
If I do not find Orka alive and well in the third book I will riot! That is a promise!

recommended reading ambience: https://youtu.be/yTgNmVOIifI?si=8LOiTm2aVuT_d8TR

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Rape and Sexual content

lewis317's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

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

augustboxer's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and War

orvillefartenbacher's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

HOW am I supposed to wait until OCTOBER

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

i_write_on_occasion's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense

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

4.5

I enjoyed this much more than the first one. Although it still somewhat struggles with the issue of there being many characters with little differentiation, it's not as bad as it was in the first one

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Slavery, and Torture

Minor: Domestic abuse and Sexual assault

pixxyhex's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

I DNFed this book once and wanted to give it another chance. I managed to finish it this time although I still found it hard. 

If not for the last chapter I might have given it 2.5  stars. However, that ending just made me mad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent

hobbit_at_heart's review

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, and War

Minor: Slavery

neiwly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death, Slavery, and Torture