Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Children of Blood and Bone: Goldener Zorn by Tomi Adeyemi

67 reviews

mrs_bastos's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Child death, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Gore, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

michelejenn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Blood, Xenophobia, Torture, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, and Genocide

purechaos's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Child abuse, Colonisation, Hate crime, Slavery, Child death, Confinement, Kidnapping, Murder, Xenophobia, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, War, Self harm, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Cursing, and Death

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

kitt_the_dragon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Slavery, Torture, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, and Violence

osladek's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This book was very meh for me. The constant action kept me engaged, but the plot and characters bored me. The magic system and world building were great, but I really didn't feel any connection to the 3 main characters. I was super disturbed by the enemies to lovers in this book and was very happy

that Inan dies and doesn't have a redemption arc because he absolutely did not deserve one after everything

I haven't read YA in a long time and this book reminded me why. The very basic plot that is the practically the same as every other high fantasy did not keep my attention as I always knew what was going to happen. I don't normally mind a basic plot if the worldbuilding and character arcs are worth it. I think these characters suffered from 1 dimensionality which made them not feel like individuals. Amari and Zelie don't seem similar in the beginning, but once they interact with each other and we get their POVs back to back they totally blend together into the same character. I just was not moved by this book. The allegory to police brutality definitely felt powerful and extremely relevant to the modern day prison industrial complex, but not enough to forgive these boring characters and plotline. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, War, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Racism, Torture, Death, Child death, and Slavery

ienbdri's review against another edition

adventurous tense 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? Yes

2.0

Considering the length of this book, there was way too little world-building and literally no character development. The protagonists' decisions didn't make any sense and everything felt random? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Torture, Grief, Violence, Blood, Gore, Death, and Child death

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

Stunning. This book is about taking back your power and embracing your magic. It’s well-written, interesting, and powerful. The chapters are short, the characters are interesting, and the plot is exciting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Torture, Colonisation, Confinement, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Genocide, Grief, Infidelity, Police brutality, Violence, War, Suicide, Sexual assault, Animal death, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Slavery, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

asiamh's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Confinement, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Body horror, Classism, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, Gore, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Child death, Death of parent, Sexism, Grief, and Physical abuse

charlotteschapter's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, Death of parent, and Torture

Moderate: Slavery, Blood, Racial slurs, and Child death

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Rape

micaelamariem's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

I’ll post a full review on my blog in the morning but omg this was a wonderful book! Based on Orisha mythology from West Africa, and inspired by the urge to fight back against police brutality of unarmed Black citizens, Tomi Adeyemi examines a fantasy world where magic users are stripped of their power and beaten down until a few characters decide they want a change, and how they can fight back against how they were taught their whole lives. Loved the character development, the world building, the important themes, and the shocking betrayals. Ends on a cliffhanger and I need the next book now! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, War, Cursing, Death of parent, Gore, Genocide, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, and Vomit