Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten

74 reviews

bzliz's review

adventurous dark 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

4.25

Anyone who truly loathes love triangles won’t enjoy this but I’m not terribly put off by it. The plot of gods and politics was so interesting that I didn’t really have time to focus on the Lore-Gabe-Bastian dynamics and I have so many theories about what could happen in the second book. I just couldn’t bring myself to give this full five star status because I don’t think Lore really grew as a person. Sure she adapted to her surroundings but by the end when she was asserting that she was selfish, I didn’t fully buy it. She’s selfish at times and selfless in others. Bastian had the most interesting growth and I’m excited to see how they develop in the second book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

literarymary95's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This story felt like it fell flat with the potential it had. It was interesting enough to complete it but not enough to keep me needing to read it quickly to the end. The characters were underdeveloped and the plot felt like it stopped often and nothing was happening.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Sexual content, Death of parent, and War

caitbop5's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Kidnapping and Death of parent

greentearex's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Classism

Minor: Classism

sarahsbooklife's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Religious bigotry, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Gore, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

maresuju's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Confinement, Sexual content, and War

rissa_roo_pa's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I didn’t love the writing. Character descriptions weren’t detailed, so I couldn’t picture them in my mind. The FMC was supposed to be a spy but didn’t have those characteristics. She was kind of lame. And much of the plot was predictable. Some of the world building was confusing and hard to follow. I still don’t fully understand mortem/spirituim which is the main plot? I was still interested in seeing it through and will likely read book two, but was kind of disappointed!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

sarahfrances52's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I really wanted this to be a five star book because it was so good! I absolutely love a fantasy book with court politics, spying, and intrigue and The Foxglove King definitely delivers! However, I really struggled with the pacing of the first half of the book. I felt the character writing in particular was stilted. I knew Gabe was completely devoted to Anton the first time it was mentioned, it didn’t need to be repeated in such stark terms so often. While the first half of the book was slow and felt a little too meandering, the second half more than redeemed the first! The intrigue and magical mysteries were sooo fun to try to untangle as a reader. I absolutely loved seeing the relationship between Lore, Gabe, and Bastian develop and learning more of their backstories and magical abilities. I am so excited to see where this series goes! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Violence

quiet_reader's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

brittanylnaumann's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Animal death