Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Gli inganni di Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

67 reviews

gandalf_a's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Medical content, Trafficking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

bookboyfriend's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Brilliant

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Child death

thndrkat's review against another edition

Clever, detailed, and entertaining but more violent, high fantasy and male than what I was in the mood for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Violence, and Murder

karbolak's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Slavery, Blood, Death of parent, and Abandonment

winterwoodbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

This was just awesome from start to finish

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

ekcd_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

literarybitch's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad

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

3.5

We love a gentleman bastard, a dashing rogue doing heists and dodging the law! That said, this goes to some very dark places, so fair warning: it starts out with a guy selling orphans, that's a rough place to begin.
I enjoyed myself throughout this one and I have no major complaints. The various nobles' names were hard to tell apart when they were all together in the thick of it, but I was so far in that I decided not to care and it didn't diminish my overall understanding.

Comparisons between this and The Thousand Deaths of Ardor Benn are obvious: they're both quite lengthy, vaguely Rennaissance-era fantasy heists starring a clever antihero and his bestie(s). Between the two, I find Ardor Benn much more fun so if you only have room in your life for one, I recommend that one. But if you don't mind the darker and sadder tones of this One Last Job gone sideways and can't get enough debonair con men, this gets the job done.

7.5/10
#WhatsKenyaReading

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death and Death

Minor: Slavery and Death of parent

idksamiguess's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child death

theneighborhoodbookwyrm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

ireadinbed's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This book was almost a DNF at around a 100 pages because I started it when I eas really sick. But I picked it back up as a plane read for vacation months later and I ended up really liking it! At about the halfway mark I had finally gotten to where I understood the setting and was invested in the characters. 

which made all the characters dying super fucking impactful lol. My heart for Bug and Nazca in particular

I think I could have a 5 star in later books. The ending was satisfying but I am bummed the next book is obviously gonna be in a different place I had just gotten a handle on camorr lol. But this one took just a little too long to get me invested in the characters. Still a great bookk but not quite a 5. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Torture, Violence, and Vomit