Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin

148 reviews

spellbindingtomes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and War

alaynacyan's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

Minor: Cannibalism

mqabbadbest's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

maryellen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Rape, Sexual content, and Cannibalism

lizziaha's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

I feel like the first book did a disservice to this book by being SO good. Like, if this book had been preceded by anything else, it would be 5 stars through and through. But the first book just set the standard so high 😭. 

I think the pacing on this book just let it down a bit. It’s a classic second book—there’s a lot of setup going on. Everyone is standing on shaky ground, and any relationships formed are tenuous. It makes the characterization very interesting, but also harder to really root for anyone. Mostly I just wanted to get through this book and on to the next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Racial slurs, Racism, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Hate crime, Violence, and War

Minor: Ableism

lamamaloca's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Death

kayhardt's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

jnavbar's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad 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

4.0

Como buena segunda parte, genera más preguntas de las que responde. Esperemos que la conclusión de la trilogía esté a la altura.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

Moderate: Xenophobia

bigofheartdumbofass's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

Second time reading this, and damn is it so good still. It's been my favorite series for a decade, and there is a reason for that!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Hate crime and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death and Colonisation

hdunscombe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cannibalism