Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman

29 reviews

ok7a's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Grief and Torture

Minor: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Mental illness

melancholymegs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Religious bigotry, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Minor: Medical content, Murder, and Torture

fiveredhens's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, and Torture

Minor: Bullying, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Murder, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Grief, Stalking, and Suicide

Moderate: Gaslighting, Violence, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Bullying

Minor: War and Cursing

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cana_merula's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The second book in this series takes the story to higher stakes. I love how the universe got expanded through the connection of the different worlds. The different plots were all interesting, even though some were more slow paced. The last two chapter broke my heart and this was the first in some time that I cried because of a book. I think that shows the writing skills of Philip Pullman and I knew this would be quite dark for a children's book, but I still wished for a more hopefull ending. But definitifly worth the read and I'm excited for the last one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Kidnapping, Gun violence, and Death

Minor: War

laniarukas's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

Graphic: Body horror and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Death of parent, and Mental illness

beccasbookcase's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, and Torture

monoliloquy's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Blood, Death of parent, and Death

jojo_'s review

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Violence

Minor: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Bullying