Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Ruin. La lancia di Skald by John Gwynne

12 reviews

corlif's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Slavery, Cannibalism, and Gaslighting

cheazcakeguy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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

4.75

I am fresh off of finishing while writing this, but this is probably the best in the series so far. Each book has been truly epic in scope, and this one is no exception. It was full of emotional highs and lows, satisfying and heartbreaking moments, and

ends in such a way that I am not sure how the characters you've been rooting for are going to recover. Add to that the revelation that Meical confesses to Corban near the end, and I really don't know how Corban is going to recover or what he will decide to do next (if he even gets a chance to decide). Truly heartbreaking ending.

I can't wait to move on to the next and final book, Wrath, but I am also dreading leaving this series and these characters behind.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Rape, Vomit, and Grief

ayoung720's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

Simply amazing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Animal death and Rape

surdiablo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.0

🤔 Don't have a lot to say this time. I still have my gripes about this series ( yes I know, I have complained plenty about it already! 😂 ), but this was better than Valour. Noticeable issues include spelling/grammar errors here and there, repetitive traveling that can get boring,

villains who survive fatal blows while good guys die one by one ( well, some villains did die around the end but it took long enough.. )

, etc. but eh. I was way more engaged this time and it left me feeling hollow somewhat, which is a good sign. There were twists I didn't anticipate, and some of the emotional moments were written better than before, regardless of the aforementioned complaints. The ending left me with an urge to read the next book soon, and I can't say the issues seriously detracted my enjoyment this time, while the high points were much more impactful so I'm hopeful about the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, and War

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Rape

cmrams's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Rape

starry873's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

ripxreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Slavery, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Rape

jaedia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide, Rape, Sexism, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, and Toxic friendship

kylieqrada's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

Just a masterpiece. I knew sh!t was about to go down because third book in a series, plot cues were popping, number of pages was steadily increasing throughout the installments, but LORD, I loved this book. I can't say much because #spoilers, but I love how we get so many different perspectives, many of them "villains." It gives the story so much texture and nuance and I am LIVING. John Gwynne did the damn thing and, in typical fantasy fashion, my heart may not survive this series. Now for a brief romance interlude and I'll be back for book four. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Rape

seanml's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.75

What in Elyon’s name have I just READ? I was reading the last quarter of this and then glanced over to the still unread sequel Wrath on my shelf, and thought there’s another book after this? I am consistently impressed with Gwynne’s ability to have me pumping my fist in the air for

Veradis

one minute and then putting my head in my hands for

Corban

the next. 9.5/10.

Highlights: Cywen, Veradis, Alcyon, Fidele, Tukul, Corban, Farrel, Trigg, Laith, Coralen, Wulf, Camlin, Halion, Edana, Balur – the list can go on and on. And also, the amount of different narratives means we have many differing antagonists, so we can enjoy the conflicted villain, the anti-villain, and the classic evil-doer all in the same narrative.

Oh and one more thing: F#^%

Lykos,

all my homies HATE

Lykos.

He has easily joined the echelons of Ambrose from Name of the Wind and Harold in the Stand as an antagonist that makes me seethe with rage.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Slavery, Vomit, and Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity, Rape, Excrement, and Cannibalism