Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski

18 reviews

sheiksleopardthong's review

adventurous slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Misogyny, Blood, Violence, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, and Genocide

mcmeiss's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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: Violence, War, Blood, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Drug use, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Kidnapping, Sexism, Alcohol, and Drug use

Minor: Toxic friendship, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Grief

thewillowwood's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.5

Overall I enjoyed this book, enough so that I will be reading the next instalment of the series. Some of the scenes were quite dull, but the more enjoyable ones made up for it. It also suffers a bit from the “men writing women” problem that made me a tad uncomfortable, but it didn’t completely ruin the experience. It’s a decent fantasy read, if you enjoy that then this book will likely be enjoyable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Death of parent, Gore, War, Blood, Sexism, Xenophobia, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Rape, Grief, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

there are brief mentions of Geralt being mistaken as being in a sexual relationship with Ciri (who is 13), but it does not true nor is it endorsed

shiveryteacup's review

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death of parent, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

opinkb's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death, and War

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Torture, and Death of parent

elizabeth_lepore's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Torture, Misogyny, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death of parent, Rape, and Toxic relationship

marissab's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, War, Death, Violence, Colonisation, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug use, Genocide, Sexual content, Cursing, and Grief

lynnloveshobi's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad 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

3.5

I'm not gonna lie, there's bits where it's hard to follow, especially when they deep dive into the world's politics, but besides it, i liked it a lot.. i wish the dialogues had some more description of what was actually happening, the writer used the conversation itself to explain some movements, especially during training, and it made it harder to read.. anyways I'm off to reading the next one:)

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Content Warnings

Minor: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Genocide, Rape, War, and Death of parent

nee_cole's review

adventurous lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death of parent

lqne's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War and Violence

Minor: Death of parent and Death