Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron

7 reviews

carolined314's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Torture, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

minnxes'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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Rape and Torture

tagrace's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

This is a good book that with better pacing could have been great. I really loved the world building and rich mythology, but so much happens in a relatively short amount of time that it feels like characters don't get time to develop. (The love story also interjects somewhat haphazardly into the epic quest story, at least in my opinion.) The end result is almost 500 pages and a large cast that I felt like I still didn't know that well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Body horror and Death

decembermagpie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture and Pregnancy

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense 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: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror and Torture

Minor: Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

antonique_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

booktribe's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death