Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Nuncanoche by Jay Kristoff

23 reviews

fronk10's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

An amazing fantasy book that I really should have started reading sooner! Though the beginning is a little slow, I loved everything about it - the prose, the characters, the world building. So excited to get me teeth into a the next ones.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Murder

moond4ncer's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

stephaniemcuervo's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Vomit, and Pregnancy

mlcutter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

Solid 5 stars. When Mia Corvere loses her father in an uprising to overthrow the corrupt government, she decides to join the Our Mother of Blessed Murder order of assassins to become a Blade (the best of the best). This book is all about her training and decisions that she has to make to become strong and skilled enough to avenge her father's murder. The descriptions in this novel are amazing and thr characters are incredibly well-formed. It was recommended to me that I read this book as an aspiring fantasy writer and it did not disappoint. Word of warning, even though Mia is 16, this is NOT a YA novel! No surprise, there is death and its graphic, and there is also a love connection and it is somewhat graphic. But I still believe this is essential for anyone who wants to write fantasy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

littki's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Drug use, Incest, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Vomit, Grief, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

nathalie_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Mental illness, Slavery, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

ienbdri's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual violence, and Slavery

lori_larsson's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This book is DARK. Like D-A-R-K dark. And bloody. And violent. I need to read a cozy fantasy now to cleanse my brain. It was good and the twist and turns were great. But boy oh boy was it violent. 

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Content Warnings

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

dragonaion's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective 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

5.0

USA said it well, 

"Harry Potter meets The Lies of Locke Lamora."

And from my 5 star review of The Lies of Locke Lamora, I say that Nevernight is absolutely a story-sibling to Lynch's work while standing on its own and is a fantastic read. I devoured half the book in a day and am already shouting at Amazon to "take my money!" for the sequels.
For those who haven't read Lynch's book (which you should, if you enjoy Nevernight), this is a story of the brotherhood (and sisterhood!) of thieves, love in the dark, knowing what the dark is, and how to walk in Her shadow. Not for the faint of heart, this is a brilliant magical fantasy that will remind you of The Elder Scroll's Night Mother and Daedric Prince Nocturnal with every word. It is brilliant, emotional, tangible, and had me almost crying at a few spots.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse and Slavery

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

moonchild_cos's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Medical content, Grief, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Alcohol, and Classism