Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Last Dragon King by Leia Stone

8 reviews

malibu_alex's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Medical content, Infertility, Grief, Child death, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Death, and Blood

angelica98's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

2.5

Good plot, nice writing. Good as a young adult, not really for an adult. 

I must say that a good editor could do wonders. Many plot holes, incongruences, and a bit thinly woven in some areas. The character are pretty immature, too: I literally gagged (and my perceived score
 plummeted) when the main characters

kissed right after Joslyn's death.

it felt pretty shallow, immature and egoistic, moreover their relationship isn't exactly well built. We get told they like each other, but the author doesn't really make so we *understand* why they like each other. She literally

considered giving him a child just like 2 days after their first meeting only because she can. She provokes his KING various times as a crezed woman, with no sense of self preservation at all. She literally behaves like a 14yo,

for Gods' sake! I still give it a 2,5 because the plot is basically interesting, the writing is ok and even if it's a bit predictable, it has unique elements

Edit: I keep remembering weird things. For example

her mother gave her the leather armour the same day she left, but to create the last piece she would have needed at least 48 hours only to tan it. Or when she became friend with j. Like: we are friends now, period. No build up, no nothing. And j isn't even a little jealous of her, even if she's obviously the "spare" and everyone kept mentioning it.   .

The protagonist is in general too naif, lucky, daring, generous (for her upbringing), indecisive and pretty inconsistent. A nice light read but nothing more

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Infertility and Sexual content

Minor: Incest, Animal death, Alcohol, Child death, Abortion, Torture, and Vomit

pritenpink2's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, and Violence

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Sexual content and Grief

ky001113's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Minor: Blood, Sexual content, Murder, Death of parent, War, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

koalachick's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.5

 I had such high hopes for this book. The first few chapters pulled me in! I loved the characters and the mystery. The end just felt a bit rushed and Arwen was no longer the strong, independent hunter that I liked. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Sexual content, Death, and Murder

flaviapaniza's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

3.25

A little too fast paced 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Death, and Violence

Minor: Infertility, Murder, Genocide, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Grief

ametcalf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Miscarriage, Child death, Death, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Death of parent and Fire/Fire injury

rodes's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

 This could have been a really good book, but the execution isn’t there. The book reads like a bunch of tropes put together to make a story and not the other way around, which doesn’t make the story as fluid. First, she is told a great secret but barely thinks of it unless she’s being asked questions about it. Then there is a “competition” to marry the king, but there is no event, nothing to make it a competition. Then you have the mysterious enemy that DOESN’T HAVE A FUCKING NAME! 

As for the characters, I did like Arwen and how she interacted with others she felt like a person. The King didn’t feel as developed as Arwen and all of the other characters really were only one dimension. I mean, we could’ve had great side characters, but nope. 

My biggest pet peeve of this book was the names. Every place is named with such a descriptive name that isn’t ridiculous and super repetitive. Cinder Village by the Cinder Mountains, Jade City at the bottom of the Jade Mountains and Mines, “Middle bridge” which is the bridge in the middle of the map. Like really? Also, the use of Hades instead of Hell really bothered me, because to us “Hades” is a god/person, not a place, so it’s weird when they use it to cuss. 

Anyway, this book could’ve been good but no. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, War, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Medical content, Child death, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content