Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer

15 reviews

bookishgoob's review

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

My goodness! This book had me so entranced with every page. I loved every moment of it from the robin hood-esque premise to the friends-to-lovers-to-enemies-to-partners-to-friends-to-lovers dynamic between the main characters. I loved that there’s wasn’t many true good guys or bad guys; just people fighting for what they thought was right thinking they were the good guys. The dilemmas the king and the prince faced when it came to the rebels made me so intrigued. seeing things from multiple perspectives was a great choice! I love political intrigue, and this book scratched all of those itches. I highly recommend and I absolutely can not wait for the second book to come out!!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

mrsschreave's review

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious tense 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

omfg so good wasn’t bored the whole way through

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Blood

Moderate: Death, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Cursing, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

savannahsauls's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• 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: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

emilysreadingbooks's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy

amyhartz's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Intrigue, plots, rebellion, complicated motivations, lost of action and more! It built up an interesting world & history while still keeping the story going at a really nice pace. Really enjoyed the tension & emotional build up in the romance sub-plot. Also I love when a book has a satisfying end to the events/action in the book but leaves me excited for the next book with lots of questions to get answers for & problems to solve. 

I really enjoyed the book, will be reading the sequels. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Torture and Police brutality