Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Fragile Threads of Power (Signed Edition) by V.E. Schwab

32 reviews

achay91's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, and Blood

Moderate: Death

Minor: Kidnapping and Alcohol

nukie19's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

Revisiting a series can be a tricky endeavor for an author but Schwab absolutely nails it with this one.  It was such a treat to return to the Londons to check in on all our favorite characters from the original series.  The introduction of the new characters was excellent too - they get their own time to shine but interwoven with Kell, Delilah, and the gang from the original Shades of Magic series.  I can't wait to see where those characters will take us through Red and White (and maybe more of Black and Grey?) London in future books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing

missmali's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Self harm, Violence, and Blood

barda's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content and Death of parent

shadowspinner's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Child abuse

scrubsandbooks'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

5.0

This book was indeed like coming home.  The beginning was a pretty slow start, constructing the stage, bringing us back to our favorite characters, and introducing the newer ones. V.E. Schwab's writing has always been one of my favorites and this one was no different. The transitions between past and present scenes were so seemless and helped the flower of the narrative for each character and what they had been up to in the past seven years... or how the newer players obtained their role in this story.

I am eagerly awaiting the next book in the series, because if it's anything like the previous Shades of Magic trilogy, the story is just going to get better and better!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse and Homophobia

CW not listed under the storygraph choices: mentions of terrorism and terrorist attacks

hanz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

I think I was anticipating this too much and I was never going to enjoy it as much as my expectations. That being said, I still really enjoyed it.

It feels much slower than the previous trilogy, but I think later books are going to be interesting. I liked that threads were an important theme throughout, including structurally with different story threads coming together towards the end, and I assume it will continue. 

The new characters are great and always wonderful to be back with Kell, Lila, Alucard and Rhy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia

littletiramisu's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Grief

missindyrose's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Blood

chronicacademia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Biphobia, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death