Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao

12 reviews

belovedsnail's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

I really liked this book and really was rooting for Xifeng, even though I know how the story goes.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Murder

thegabecole's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal cruelty, Blood, Animal death, Cannibalism, Child abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Pregnancy and Fatphobia

tak_everlasting's review against another edition

i liked where this was going, it was far superior to Violet Made of Thorns in the villainy aspect. but also, not for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

chapterswithrae's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Gore, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

booksthatburn's review against another edition

I know this is an anti-hero story, setting her up to be the villain of the sequel, but I detested the main character and just couldn't keep going. Her relationship with Wei feels built on nothing but having been near each other. They have no chemistry and it seems like they barely even talk. I like it when characters have good reasons to try and do a bad thing, but this seemed like she's determined to make terrible decisions in order to live up to what her abuser wants, knowing that Guma was abusive. I don't like any of it and I'm stopping.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Sexism and Misogyny

Minor: Ableism, Excrement, Slavery, Suicide, Death of parent, War, and Sexual content

klara42's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Child abuse, Animal death, and Gore

Minor: Cursing

almoore5's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Violence

atamano's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy

ok7a's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Murder

Minor: Death of parent and Infertility

purple_rose_kat93's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

Minor: Ableism, Alcohol, Child death, and Death of parent