Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Crown of Gilded Bones by Jennifer L. Armentrout

26 reviews

cnohero's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-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

1/3 of the book could be edited out due to repeated  redundant scenes emphasizing how amazing
Poppy is and how much  Cass loves her. It just got to be too much 

I persevered and now I’ve got to the intense ending I HAVE to move in to the next book to find out what happens 🤷‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Sexual content, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Child death, Sexism, War, Vomit, and Torture

poppybos109's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Cursing, Torture, Violence, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Slavery, and War

cryosphinx's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

An enjoyable read but it really was a slog at some points that I had to take a break and read something else for a day or two. The beginning and end are both fast paced and exciting and a lot happens (the last 60-70 pages, holy cow!) but the middle is just a lot of conversation that doesn't really build up to anything at times. There's a few times that there seems to be something exciting happening but then it gets resolved or we move on in a chapter or two. 

My biggest complaint is the same as others in that some of the joking around and dialogue is soooo repetative. We get it, Poppy asks a lot of questions, Poppy is stabby, Cas stans his wife, let's move on. One improvement is while Poppy still has a lot of inner dialogue that can be trimmed, I found that to be better than TKOFOF.

Overall, I enjoyed it more than I thought I would after reading the dislike that it gets. I don't feel like this is where the series starts breaking down, a lot does happen and the adventures are great once you get to them. Poppy's growth is probably the best part and I love where she ends up by the end. A lot of the conversation in the.middle, while a slog at points, was necessary info dumps. I'll keep reading and am happy that I enjoyed this thoroughly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Moderate: Gore, Blood, War, Death, and Murder

Minor: Child death

readbyella_'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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Torture, Death, Murder, Kidnapping, and Cursing

Minor: Child death

valli_alti04's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Blood, Cursing, Child death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

eleek0609's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, War, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Cursing

midnacine's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

This was so fun to return to as an audiobook! I'm excited to re-read A Shadow in the Ember with Stina narrating next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Blood, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child abuse, Classism, Genocide, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Rape, and Vomit

hapalyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense slow-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Death, Murder, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Torture, Sexual content, War, and Grief

Minor: Toxic relationship, Bullying, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Rape, Vomit, Alcohol, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, and Fire/Fire injury

xwritingstoriesx's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

4.5

4.5 stars! What an ending! I loved every single second of this book but the ending was something else entirely. I cannot wait to pick up the next book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Violence, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Child death and Grief

jennyburchtree's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content