Reviews tagging 'Death'

Das Vermächtnis der Zauberer by Cinda Williams Chima

2 reviews

justanameson's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Torture

halcyonuncoil's review against another edition

dark hopeful medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

I love Seph from the bottom of my heart. He's also a piece of work, especially in the beginning of the book. I am writing this review a few years after reading said book, and I may be a bit hazy on the details, so I'm going to make this a spoiler free as possible.

This is the sequel to the wonderful Warrior Heir, following Seph McCauley who is a delinquent kid who keeps getting kicked out of schools for arson. Well jokes' on him, because the 'all boys reformatory school' he gets taken in to is... not going to let that happen.

Which actually turns out to be a Really Bad Thing for Seph.

This is definitely a young adult book series as it does contain some serious issues, and follows the pov of a teenager, which can leave older readers feeling frustrated at decisions being made at times. I enjoy reading this book over but it gets dark to the point that even the happenings of the first book, which were pretty much textbook child abuse, seem rather tame by comparison for specific parts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Torture

I wasn't exactly sure how to tag this and I'm sure I missed some of the warnings, but there is a part later in the book where a character is graphically murdered

in dreams, repeatedly by his teacher.

So that's no good.