Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty

21 reviews

renpuspita's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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

 All the stars I can give to rate will not enough and my review won't do this book justice.

Hands down, one of my best and favorite read this 2023, The Empire of Gold is a satisfying and triumphant finale that befitting the wondrous magical series, Daevabad. And The Daevabad Trilogy will always be one of my favorite series, that I will recommend to everyone that need an epic fantasy series that will blown their world away 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content

breadwitchery's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Child death, Sexual content, Torture, and Grief

Minor: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

dazzle_spider_reader_1212's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

local_hat's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

laurenkimoto'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

4.5

Wow this was a rare series where the sequels either stayed the same quality or got better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

nu_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

A thrilling conclusion to the Daevabad trilogy. An appropriately hefty book that succeeds in tying up all the plot strings set in place in the Kingdom of Copper and even from the first book The City of Brass. 

We get to see more of Ali’s relationship with the marid, Nahri’s past and ancestry, and finding out that Manizeh is more tortured and cunning than I originally thought her out to be. And of course the ending (and alternative epilogue) for Dara was fitting for his arc, respecting the character he has become during the series. I thought his arc was especially heart wrenching and also eye opening. 

So many themes covered in this series. Occupation. Transactional love. Survival. Generational promises, debts, and vengeance. I tried to absorb all of it, and I feel myself coming out of this story slightly changed. I’ve thought about my own relationship with culture and see more clearly the cycles of violence and and new beginnings that keeps civilizations falling and rising, weakening and strengthening, since the dawn of time until the end. 

The characters really did feel like living people—complicated, tortured, hopeful, merciful, vengeful people. I don’t know if I’d be able to find another series like this that marries elements of older YA/new adult fantasy with the care that Chakraborty crafted the characters. 

This series is definitely on the slow to medium paced family. In many places the pace quickens appropriately with the turn of events, which I felt mimicked how events might happen in the real world. It’s full of politicking as it is magic, but if you’re exclusively into fast paced stories with a singular hero, this might not be for you. Give the series a chance and you’ll be blown away by the incredible world building, politics and magic and all. 

I want to reread this series and annotate all the instances of foreshadowing. It felt like many plot points were expertly hinted at, some easily identifiable and others more concealed that it leaves you wondering how you missed the obvious detail. Easily one of the best series I’ve read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexual violence, Violence, and War

readandfindout's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

Style/writing: 4.5 stars
Themes: 5 stars
Characters: 4.5 stars
Plot: 4.5 stars
Worldbuilding: 5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Moderate: Xenophobia

chaptertraveller's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

achingallover's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

incredible

i will not stop talking about this to anyone who will listen

i wanted more zaynab but that's literally my only critique

the chosen name thing!

just. perfection. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol