Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Wrath & the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh

21 reviews

thebookkeepers's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Originally read this book in 2016 and it was a 5 star. After revisiting it, I feel this adjusted rating better fits. While I still love the story & world, there were several elements that felt unfinished and unexplored. I love the rich world building, imagery, and romantic tension. However the magic system was extremely ambiguous and lackluster. The characters are still a highlight and I plan to continue with a reread of the sequel next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Suicide, and Death of parent

julierambaeck's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Felt like it moved too fast. So many moving points, but it felt like the plot were moving in circles. I didn't really like the main couple. LOVED the other couple and their story!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death, Toxic relationship, Murder, Miscarriage, Death, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, and Suicide

noellelovesbooks's review against another edition

5.0

 Content Warnings: violence, blood, animal death, and sexual harassment.
Mention of: suicide, murder, death of loved one[s], pregnancy, classism, sexism, grief, and miscarriage.

This gorgeous book has been sitting on my shelf for a while now and I decided it was finally time to dive in...and it did not disappoint.

We get a story with love, mystery, intrigue, and a little magic...we also get a story where stories are told to us by some of the characters and I LOVE that. Idk why but there's just something about a character telling us a story/myth/lore from their world that just helps me settle in even more. ^^

The end of this book had me glad I already have The Rose and the Dagger sitting on my shelf...so I can immediately dive into the other half of this tale. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Animal death, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexism, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Suicide

emsavors's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, Slavery, Suicide, Child abuse, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

anainthecastle's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, and Suicide

mermaidmommy19's review against another edition

3.0

I got this book because I loved RA's The Beautiful series (or at least what has been released thus far).

I enjoyed this book and don't have anything bad to say about it, but there wasn't much that stuck out to me either. There wasn't much umph, but it was a good, quick read that I thoroughly enjoyed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Miscarriage, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Suicide

whenjessreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? No

3.5

This book was beautifully written. The prose was flowery in a good way, the representation of Middle Eastern culture made me want to pack my bags and jump on a plane, and the whole thing was just atmospheric and magical. The plot itself - inspired by 1001 Nights - wasn’t overly complicated and though it has been a long time since I read the original, I thought this was fresh and inventive.

The MC Shahrzad (Shazi) was strong and sharp-tongued (love some acerbic wit in a female character!), with a level of arrogance that I thought was really satisfying - often men written with arrogance are thought of as ‘strong’ or ‘determined’, but it’s nice to see some of these written as positive qualities in a FMC.

Dedicating a paragraph here to the FOOD. Holy hell, after reading this book I was ravenous. I just want a recording of Renée Ahdieh describing various Middle Eastern foods that I can play on repeat and dream about.

On to the things I didn’t like… 

I loved the strength of the MC. But she was all talk. No planning, ill judgement, ego… It was so frustrating that her determination wasn’t backed up.

I wasn’t super interested in the secondary POV, Tariq. He annoyed me and I thought he was just unlikeable and unnecessary. SHOO. The third POV, Jahandar, made the storyline confusing and stilted.

There were a couple of weird moral issues with the romance, uncomfortable events that were brushed off and seemed to have no emotional impact. It felt a little like Stockholm’s syndrome, but in… 2 days?

Regardless. I enjoyed it! I will definitely be picking up the sequel, and I’m mad that this is a library book because I want to own it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Violence

Minor: Miscarriage, Suicide, and Death of parent

griffinthief's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Suicide, Violence, Death, Animal death, and Grief

Minor: Physical abuse, Slavery, and Child abuse

lqne's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Suicide

Minor: Rape, Animal cruelty, and Fire/Fire injury

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

This is very fun, and I'm excited to read the second book in the series. Shahrzad is strong and conflicted, and the story does a really interesting process of unfolding. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Suicide, Vomit, Alcohol, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, War, Domestic abuse, Grief, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Classism

Minor: Sexual assault