Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Brisingr by Christopher Paolini

5 reviews

darkefyres's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, War, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Pregnancy, and Racism

Minor: Sexism

clockworkhobbit's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Violence, War, Death, Gore, Xenophobia, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Cannibalism, Confinement, Murder, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Grief, Suicide attempt, Ableism, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Medical content, Cursing, Child death, Addiction, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Rape, Islamophobia, Miscarriage, and Panic attacks/disorders

a_wren_that_reads's review

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Blood, Death, Grief, Violence, and War

Moderate: Racism, Misogyny, Sexism, and Self harm

Minor: Death of parent, Torture, Slavery, Rape, and Pregnancy

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

2.75

I like that the author experimented with the structure of the book, going from perspective to perspective among the different characters, but boy, did this book drag. A lot of the details didn't feel necessary, and the book felt like it was long for the sake of being long. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Alcohol, Body horror, Medical content, Pregnancy, Vomit, and Xenophobia

Minor: Confinement, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Suicide attempt, and Torture

War

lizziaha's review against another edition

4.0

The middle lagged a bit, but the ending made up for it. I enjoyed the ending of this book in the series more than either of the other two. One thing that I appreciate as the series moves on is that Paolini seems to be doubling back on his earlier misogynistic take on his fantasy world. Though he can’t just undo the patriarchal system in place among the humans, the other races of this world seem a little more balanced, and the woman who do play a major role in the series are distinct and complex. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, War, Animal death, Death, Gore, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Sexism, Suicide, Grief, and Slavery