Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland

32 reviews

cait's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism

maregred's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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: Mental illness

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent and Gaslighting

pitsikakku's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent

ronan_lesh's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual content and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

takemetomilos's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.25

Shoutout to gay people I love us

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent

immovabletype's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Torture, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent and Pregnancy

lozziereads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective relaxing slow-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

grieving this book rn and love these characters i know them like nobody else knows them……..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Violence and Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent

wanderingtales's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

ehmannky's review against another edition

emotional slow-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

3.25

This is definitely a romance book first and a fantasy/political novel second and as long as you go into it with those expectations, I think you'll have fun. I'm a little confused how this got compared to The Goblin Emperor, other than Kadou is nice and treats those under him with respect and care, but that's kind of where the similarities end. Overall, it was a fine.

I thought the characters and romance were really well executed and I liked the portrayal of anxiety as disability. I also really liked the world building aspects of it all, though again this book is less concerned about like political mechanics than about the pining of the main characters. I also enjoyed the side characters (Tadek my beloved). The plot just dragged on a bit, and I thought it was around 100 pages too long. I also think Evemer wasn't a particularly great bodyguard as Kadou does rescue him like 3 times throughout the book and would have liked to see more scenes of him demonstrating his supposed competence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent