Reviews tagging 'Death'

Godslayers by Zoe Hana Mikuta

22 reviews

antonique_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, War, Child death, Murder, Violence, and Suicide

alouette's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

not as good as book 1 if i'm being perfectly honest, but still action-packed and exciting with plenty more of that awesome world-building. the side characters got more fleshed out while Eris and Sona fell a little bit more flat in this one, which really was a shame. i understand that they already had the "falling in love" part of their story but the synopsis really hyped up Sona's corruption to be a bigger, more irreversible deal than it was. this didn't feel as intricately plotted as the first book BUT it was still a great conclusion and i'm glad there were some happy endings to be found in all the war and loss. 

and i even took pleasure in some of the supposedly sad endings! sona's love for enyo sat wrong with me for a lot of scenes so the turn it took for them was a relief to me lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Blood, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Religious bigotry

autumnrevisited's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I loved the first Gearbreakers so much and this was a very good addition to that story. It closed up a lot of the intentional loose ends while still leaving room for the world to expand in itself. It also showed the world of Godalia in a way that more expansive than the first book. My only critique would be it did some time jumps that, while necessary, made the flow stumble a little. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, War, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Murder, Abandonment, Blood, Child death, and Grief

ramunepocky's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Child death, and War

potatoaficionado's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent

siegga's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Suicide

moonlitreading_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense fast-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

3.75

“Why would I pray to the Gods when she’s right here.”

This was kind of underwhelming. It's not BAD bad. I actually think it's a nice conclusion to the Gearbreakers duology but something was lacking. I feel like the fight scenes here were mid which disappointed me because I really liked Gearbreakers.

What I did love about this book is Eris and Sona's love story and soulmatism. I loved their angst and pining. I love the side characters, especially Eris' crew, and Jenny and her crew. I love their dynamic and how they're always there for each other even through crazy ideas and decisions. Their domestic scenes where they're all sleeping in one room tangled up with each other really tugs the heartstrings and it's a nice balance to all the shit that's happening outside.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Suicide

qraveline's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Genocide

Moderate: Slavery, Blood, Death, War, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Hate crime, Grief, Body horror, Police brutality, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Dysphoria

abbyschalupa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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: Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Murder, Violence, War, and Blood

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

melaniereadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.75

Thank you to Netgalley and Fiercereads for the arc of this book.

After the victory--and devastating loss--at the end of Gearbreakers, Sona has been corrupted into thinking she hates the Gearbreakers, and Eris is stuck in Godolia prison. But Sona's corruption doesn't stick the way Enyo is hoping it will, and Jenny and Eris have big plans.


This book!!! Was heartbreaking, first of all. Like, how dare you do that to my precious babies?!  But also it is so good! And honestly the perfect ending to this duology and I couldn't ask for a better conclusion within the realm of believability for this world. 

The continued world-building and character development in this book was so good I love Sona and Eris so much and I feel like they changed so much in this book but I still love them. A little older, a little less feral, but still determined and fierce and loving and hopeful, always hopeful.

The hope and change and resilience of the characters in this book is so important. It is so good. I think it's the core of what this book is about. I love it so much. I will always recommend this duology to everyone.

Go read it now!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Grief, Confinement, Suicide, Medical content, Body horror, and Child death

Minor: Vomit and Cursing