Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Reforged by Seth Haddon

11 reviews

dododenise's review against another edition

medium-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

3.5

For a book that is marketed as a romantasy the romance elements are rather small. Most of the time is spent with politics. I can definitely enjoy that, however, it got rather repetitive and didn’t give all that much after some time. I liked the characters though and I could enjoy myself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War

maregred's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol

eddieboy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? No

4.75

Incredible! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia

lightoferebus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

mrshays's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious 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

4.0

Gary Furlong's narration was wonderfully immersive. I thought the narrative took a little while to pick up, but the back half of the book was very engaging. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and War

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Gore, Homophobia, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

robin_reads's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.75

King x his Prime fantasy with a bit of murder and mystery! What else could one want. More romance than plot, which I usually don’t like all that much but it wasn’t too much for me. 
This was a lovely read. Very enjoyable. The pacing was just right and the characters were lovely. No notes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia

20sidedbi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Minor: Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, and Classism

shingekiyes's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Seth Haddon is going on my author watchlist. this debut was decent — more than decent, the universe and characters were so intriguing and unique. i only wish there was more time to flesh out the world and dive into the politics, the religions, and the magic system more. 

i already noted above the lack of depth to the world, but the romance was unevenly paced and at times confused me. i loved the relatuonship between Balen and Zavrius, but i would have preferred more context about their connection (and break up) and a more consistent dynamic throughout the novel. 

once they rekindled their love, things made more sense to me. but the first ~200 pages needed some assistance.

 
for those seeking ~spice~ please note there were only two explicit sex scenes, plenty of flirting, and quite a few raunchy punchlines. 

i would recommend this book to queer readers who love DnD and scandalous romances. (the himbo knight + sassy, dark prince element was right up my alley.) anyone looking for really cool magic systems and wanting to dip their toes into political intrigue stories would also enjoy. 

overall, i really liked the book, but i can’t deny it was lacking in the ways a first draft might be. it read much like a fanfiction that needed another round of beta reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and War

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Gore, Torture, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Homophobia, and Terminal illness

mysana's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

I love the concept but it felt very much like a debut novel in execution

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore and Homophobia

Minor: Death of parent and War

sailortrash's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: War