Reviews tagging 'Blood'

D'ombre et de vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi

41 reviews

temia04's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.0

This book was very enjoyable. The story was tense and action packed which kept me turning the page and not wanting to put it down. 
I liked seeing Amari's development.

It was very interesting to see her "fall" because of her thirst for power even though she felt like she was doing the right thing.

I liked seeing the relationship between Zelie and Roen (even though I really love Zelie and Inan together). It was nice to see Zelie in a relationship with someone she trusts.

 

With that ending, I am super excited to see what happens in the last book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Hate crime, and Fire/Fire injury

csmall73's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

A nice little bit of matricide would solve 90% of the problems in this tragedy. Any mercy is met with genocide, manipulation, delusional justification of absolutely atrocious acts of violence. 

Inan and Amari keep falling into old childish narcissistic mental traps, ptsd and insecurities.  Frustrating close calls and glaringly obvious pitfalls due to emotional attachments. 

Still seeing more throne of glass esque than the announced Harry Potter similarities. Especially with the amount of trauma, close calls, and epic empathy fails. I’m 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, War, and Classism

allisonsmith120's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, and War

Moderate: Genocide, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

peggy_racham's review against another edition

4.75

Am I ok? No, I've been staring at a wall thinking about

Mazhelis death and Mama Agbas sacrifaces

What a great sequal.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Gore, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

bookishperseus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture and Fire/Fire injury

good_names_dont_exist's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-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

4.0

Mâzeli was annoying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

amschelly153's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

4.5

Well written, complicated and lovable characters. Beautiful and intriguing magic system! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

lizzie24601's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

An interesting installment for the trilogy that deals with a lot of the same themes of the first book. This one frustrated me, tho, because of the lack of character growth. The main characters continue to make the same mistakes time and time again and grapple with the same flaws that it becomes boring.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and War

Moderate: Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Confinement

ethuiliel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Minor: Sexual content

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Genocide, Slavery, Torture, Blood, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexual content, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol