Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

315 reviews

annamay1021's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, War, Blood, Violence, and Animal death

Minor: Religious bigotry

arlaubscher's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Miscarriage, Infertility, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Alcoholism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, War, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, Medical content, Murder, Mental illness, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content, Slavery, and Trafficking

sarahbethhh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

It had me in the first 3/4 of the book, but the last quarter was so disappointing. I would have rather she added 300 more pages to this tome if it meant she fleshed out her ideas more. The last 200 pages felt rushed and everything felt too convenient. I personally enjoyed her world building and LOVED the framing of the story, but was disappointed in her final execution. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Grief, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Blood, Miscarriage, and War

good_names_dont_exist's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-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

It’s basically game of thrones for teens.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Grief, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

bibliochica's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, War, and Violence

ferlefur's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Miscarriage

eliselerario's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

Really enjoyed the story, but I would recommend reading it over the audiobook.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Child death and Infertility

mmccombs's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

4.25

An immersive, thrilling, lush read! After the 200 page mark, I was off to the races hoping to unfold the mystery and action as fast as I could. I really enjoyed Ead, Tane, and Loth’s POVs, and loved all of the dragon content.

I do think this should have been split into multiple books (the instant gratification of reading the whole story at once rather than waiting for installments was satisfying! But!!), the pacing was really uneven and the world building learning curve was steep. I would have liked to spend more time learning about The Priory and Lasia and also some of the other nations we didn’t cover,

Spoiler

I think that would have made the conclusion and eventual coming together of leaders more impactful

. And that could only really be done by having more books to deeply explore places where we only skipped over them (and maybe spend less time in some of the more boring, menial Inys stuff). I also deeply disliked Niclays Roos’ chapters (tbh I kinda skimmed them sorry), I think his character could have been completely removed and we would have had the same impact. The ending felt so rushed compared to the rest of it, so spending more time there would have also been nice.

All in all, this was a wonderful fantasy novel that felt daunting at first but quickly became a story a couldn’t put down. Great characters, action, and world-building, I can’t wait to get to the prequel!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Gore, and War

smilax_aspera's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, and War

katethealmostgreat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Easily one of my favorite books of all time!!! I couldn’t put it down and was gasping as I read. Don’t be intimidated by the length - it moves really fast. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility

Moderate: Violence and Miscarriage

Minor: Torture, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry