Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

Lightlark by Alex Aster

11 reviews

mythian's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship

faeriefox's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

3.75

This rating was hard to decide on.

I absolutely loved the first 80% of the book. I thought the prose was lovely and that the premise and characters were very interesting and unique. The plot twists made sense while still being unpredictable, and the story was all in all very well done.

However, later on in the book, it felt like the writing and story was less thought-out and just done in a rush. The plot twists were out of nowhere and completely outlandish, and the story could have been taken in so many different, better directions.

All in all, I'd say the book is definitely worth a read, and I will be reading the second one. It doesn't deserve all of the hate it's getting, but it didn't quite live up to my hopes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Cannibalism, Gore, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Gore and Genocide

grace_9613's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

2.5

I am confused…. 😅

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Cannibalism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Fire/Fire injury

mixxroxy's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Cannibalism and Death of parent

gayelfboi's review against another edition

adventurous slow-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? No

1.0

Begging people who think this is good fantasy writing to get better standards lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Xenophobia, Blood, Violence, Classism, and Death

Moderate: Body horror, Cannibalism, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual assault, Genocide, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

_ohheyisabella_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Entertainment-wise the book is good but the descriptions and names of places/objects as well as other things are almost painful. It is almost twilight-esque with the relationship between some characters and the main character gives-off Bella Swan vibes. It took a minute for me to get absorbed into it but it got better a little further  towards the end. Overall it was entertaining and I will be purchasing the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Genocide, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Cannibalism, and Medical content

Spoiler

love-triangle

anushar's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

I read this for my sister and it’s pretty standard YA. I feel like it’s definitely not well written enough to deserve the hype it has but the story was still enjoyable and I liked some of the characters. i did predict a plot twist from like 40 pages into the book though, so it definitely wasn’t the most surprising novel. all the plot holes at the end were also a choice but oh well, ig you can just publish anything and people will still read it. If you don’t really want to think at all, this book may be fun for you— but don’t have high expectations for it or you won’t enjoy it.
3/5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Violence, and Blood

ladymickbeth's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic relationship, and War

Minor: Death of parent and Vomit

I’ll be honest, I didn’t see a fair amount of the plot twists coming. Other than that, there is nothing good about this book. World didn’t feel fleshed out, writing was terrible with its sentence fragments not used very artfully, and the exposition was just dropped in, sometimes very loosely related to what’s going on at the moment and long-winded.

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Sexual content, and Death of parent

ashleyerne's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Violence, Murder, Death of parent, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Confinement, and Fire/Fire injury