Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski

4 reviews

thunderstrikes's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Infertility, Misogyny, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Incest, Rape, and Sexual content

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infertility, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

jasminawithab's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

starting my very slow read through of the whole series since i don't like the show, but i love the video games and the fanfics. 

the writing feels a bit disjointed at times but from what ive seen, thats because of the translator. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Incest, Infertility, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Abandonment

jenziecreates's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Xenophobia and Abandonment

Minor: Physical abuse and Rape

katmahalia's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

I will be completely honest and say I didn’t follow the plot of the short stories that closely because I listened to the audiobook while playing video games, but from what I heard I really enjoyed it. The pacing did not feel too slow as it can in fantasy adventuring stories, and the action never felt disjointed or separated from the plot. And I liked the whole the-princesses-are-the-monsters twist on fairy tale plots, it was a nice nod to the fact that every fairy tale and legend has a bigger story behind it. 

My only gripe: the love interests are not interesting or lovely, mostly just annoying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Excrement, Medical content, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and War