Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Prince of the Sorrows by Kellen Graves

6 reviews

lindsaythelibrarian's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Torture, and Slavery

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Violence, Alcohol, Cursing, Grief, Slavery, and Toxic relationship

maxinesf's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content

btwnprintedpgs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Torture, Violence, Bullying, and Murder

black_cat_iiix's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Slavery, Blood, Confinement, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse

Minor: Grief

jjjreads's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Death, Child death, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Stalking, Trafficking, Violence, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Gore, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Abandonment, Excrement, and Grief

anwade88's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

A book full of rich world building but also faster paced than most adult fantasy tomes with similar detail. (Which I really enjoyed!) The two main characters (Saffron and Cybil) were very lovable. I’ve seen this compared to The Cruel Prince, but I liked it better. The world building is more unique, for one thing, and I found the relationship way less toxic than in The Cruel Prince. There’s hate to friendship to love in this. But the hatred is logical and, even despite that, the prince is never truly cruel to Saffron and I appreciated that. Speaking of Saffron, I’m not sure I’ve ever read such a cinnamon roll of a character. But I also liked how he fought for himself and others, and his and Cybil’s relationship was on equally standing in that way. I’m really sad the next book isn’t out because I want to spend more time in this lush world and with these wonderful characters.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship

Minor: Grief