Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Bitter Twins by Jen Williams

5 reviews

abrahamruthie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

3.0

*slaps roof of fantasy series* this bad boy can fit so many fucking aliens in it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

ijustreallyliketrees's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, and Alcohol

Minor: Death, Homophobia, and Excrement

kaziaroo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

You know that part of a story, near the end, where things just keep going downhill for the characters and it's hard to see the end in sight? That was this whole book for me. Things just kept getting worse and worse, the mysteries getting deeper and the characters more scarred.  I found myself reading other, more cheerful books, at the same time to try and break up the heaviness. Don't get me wrong, I still loved it; it was very well executed and I adore the characters (especially Aldasair, whom I relate to a lot), but don't go into this expecting sunshine and roses.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia, Excrement, and Vomit

albernikolauras's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

5.0

What a stellar sequel to The Ninth Rain. While I found Ninth Rain occasionally too slow, Bitter Twins stepped up the pace, the stakes, and the plot. The book started fast and continued on at that space. Williams writes with gory gusto when describing the villains and the battles. I'm not sure where she got the imagination to come with up with these grusome creatures, but I do enjoy reading about them.

I honestly had a great time reading this and would fly through pages when I found moments to read it.

Kudos to Jen Williams for naming these books based on items within the story. I love coming across the title within the story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Violence, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

teaful's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Religious bigotry