Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier

53 reviews

lunatyck's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad slow-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Rape

rhi_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, and Torture

Minor: Confinement, Incest, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, and Pregnancy

grace_b_3's review against another edition

adventurous slow-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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual content, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

footnotesinyourstory's review against another edition

loved the writing, the setting & the characters to some extent (even if they felt a bit too mature for their age). it felt a bit too slow-moving as well.

the graphic rape scene

was too much for me, especially as it felt a bit too abrupt. maybe it was my fault for not heeding the content warnings.

i also found out from other reviews that the main couple has a significant age gap when the fmc is still a child, so personally not very into that either lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

kirstym25's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Rape, and Violence

ghford's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Animal death and Torture

fictionalwanderer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

I’m speechless. Daughter of the Forest is a tragically beautiful retelling of The Six Swans fairytale. It didn’t take long for me to fall in love with these characters and the journey they went on. This book requires patience, but Juliet Marillier will reward you tenfold with the ultimate slow burn romance.

Highly recommend this for fans of The Bear and the Nightingale, or anyone who loves folklore, fairies, or historical fantasy.
 
TW: rape, animal death 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Rape

lauramcc7's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Rape, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

hurricanyounot's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I'd sell BOTH my kidneys if it meant I got to read this for the first time again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, and Incest

MAJOR Content Warnings: In chapter 6,

Sorcha is brutally raped at 14 years old.

Minor Warning Explanation: This story takes place in a time when people got married MUCH earlier in life, and, for those in higher positions in power, would often marry cousins. There is also a pregnant side character.

erinreadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Sexual harassment