Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

24 reviews

parenthesis_enjoyer's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Xenophobia, Grief, Animal death, and Death

Minor: Torture and Alcohol

lorriss's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Stalking, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Moderate: War, Gore, Murder, Bullying, and Blood

Minor: Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Alcohol, and Slavery

parenthesis_enjoyer's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Xenophobia, and Death

Minor: Alcohol and Torture

achingallover's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense slow-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

3.5

there's a definite dip in the middle of this one, and the racism/classism is more overt, but... faramir <3 <3 <3 treebeard!!! and sam's decision and internal monologue in andy serkis' voice is a++

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Violence

orchidlilly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, War, Blood, and Death

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, Racism, Antisemitism, and Torture

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Violence, Grief, and Gore

Moderate: Xenophobia

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense slow-paced

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

5.0

The books just get better the more I read them. I was nervous to read this one because of Shelob and I’m an arachnophobe, but it was much better than aragog in Harry Potter. However, I don’t think her scene was really important beyond including peril. 

I love Sam and Frodo and how their relationship continues to develop as well as Legolas and Gimli. Mary and Pippin have a bigger role in this book and they do a fabulous job. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Stalking, War, and Violence

Arachnid

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Death, Grief, Racism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Gore

ran_sophia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Confinement, Animal cruelty, War, Stalking, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Grief

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

Moderate: Violence, War, and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Blood