Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty

74 reviews

debhawkins's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, War, and Slavery

Moderate: Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, and Medical content

Minor: Rape

achingallover's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

theespressoedition's review against another edition

adventurous challenging medium-paced

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

4.0

I do this really terrible thing where I finish a book and then wait way too long to write the review, promptly forgetting most of what I read and how I felt about the book. I guess this is my toxic trait.

That being said, I listened to the audiobook for The Kingdom of Copper, despite stating in my review for The City of Brass that I should read the physical books for the remainder of the series. However, the narrator did an excellent job and it was much easier to get my hands on the book this way, so I should be grateful for the fact that I was able to digest the plot at all.

Like its predecessor, the sequel had a slower start with more world-building and politics, but a little more than halfway through, all the adventure began to happen, quickening the pace and honestly giving me a bit of a heart attack. I couldn't believe all that transpired! In fact, I would've preferred this to be separated into two books. There was so much information that it became hard for me to follow at a certain point. 

The frustrating thing for audiobook listeners is how we know the correct pronunciation for every name, but have no clue where to begin with the spelling. Therefore, I had to search up the Daevabad Wiki in order to confirm (and wowza, I was misspelling so many of these names in my head).

Muntadhir had the craziest character arc in this book. I started off absolutely loathing the guy, went to kinda tolerating him, and wound up appreciating him more than nearly any other character by the end. What a rollercoaster! 

I'm looking forward to seeing what happens next in this trilogy. I really, really am. I'm totally hooked now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Murder, and Trafficking

Moderate: Addiction, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

maryellen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Violence

emmjay's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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

5.0

As good as the first one. I was already immersed in the world so I could just jump right in. I’m so glad I purchased these books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Death, Child death, Torture, and Violence

kaseybereading's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Religious bigotry, and Violence

the_literarylinguist's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Violence

totallyshelfaware's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Violence, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Murder, Hate crime, Grief, Genocide, Gore, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Trafficking, Alcoholism, and Infidelity

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

katrinarose's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

I’m not sure when the last time I got so pulled into a book (the last half especially). It was amazing and everything I hoped it would be after reading the first book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Kidnapping, and Medical content

Minor: Alcoholism

contre_qui's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

A great follow-up to the first one! I liked the way the plot continued to develop, but it was a little slower than City of Brass. I liked it pretty much all the way through, but I found the epilogue a little confusing in terms of setting up for the final book. It also lost the sense of urgency that had been building in the ending. Right now I'm just a little confused where the overall plot arc is going. Really solid sequel, though, and I still continue to enjoy reading.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Medical content

Minor: Chronic illness and Violence