Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Posłaniec burzy by Marta Duda-Gryc, J.C. Cervantes

8 reviews

dandelionsteph's review against another edition

adventurous 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

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Death, Violence, and War

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

"Drug use" for mentions of tobacco (smoking). Brief mentions of swear words (not specified).

oolymee's review against another edition

3.75

This book and I got off to a bit of a rough start. It is fully on me for not checking the content warnings, so I do not hold that against the book at all. BUT let me say, I'm so glad I didn't scamper away from this one. This was a fun adventure through Mayan mythology with a main character that has you cheering for him. I'm definitely looking forward to the rest of this series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism and Blood

Minor: Animal death

kommatator's review against another edition

adventurous

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, and Fire/Fire injury

emakay's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

nicolewhopickedthisbook's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

Watch the livestream discussion 
https://youtu.be/ELzGQWvy2kU

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

goldendreams's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror

mandkips's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Ableism

scarlettskyes's review against another edition

adventurous informative lighthearted fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

While the emphasis on Mayan Mythology with a disabled main character should be a very unique and entertaining read, The Storm Runner fails to meet every beat it tried to hit. Zane has potential to be a very interesting character but the only personality he has is complaining about his limp caused by a shortened leg, for which he uses a cane. While it is normal to have a character develop from self-hating to self-loving over the course of a book or series, Zane's self-pity quickly becomes annoying and during most fights there are various ways that his limp disappears all together, sending mixed messages to disabled readers.

Brooks is described as the most amazing person ever by the biased main character while in the story itself she is very dull and uninteresting. Again, this bias is completely normal for main characters to have, you want your main characters to be interested in their love interest. But if you say a character is amazing, prove it within the story itself.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism and Animal death