Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

We Free the Stars by Hafsah Faizal

54 reviews

shannnne_reads_words's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, War, and Sexism

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and Child death

maple_dove's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring sad 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

In my humble opinion, this book did not fall into the pit of sequel in a trilogy/duology syndrome (I forgot what it's called). I'm stuck between rating this 4.75 or 5 stars. I chose the latter.

This book just made me love the characters and the world even more. I binged this book in two days.

There's also aroace rep! It's nice to not have every character to have a romantic love interest. :)

I didn't write any quotes down, however, there are a lot of good quotes in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, War, Violence, Murder, Confinement, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Medical content, and Gore

Minor: Torture and Sexual content

I didn't keep exact track of the content warnings as I did for the previous book so these content warnings might not be entirely accurate.

oceana_bookworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad 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

This book… was probably one of the best books I have read. The writing is so beautiful and amazing, every part of it made me want the book last forever. The ending was amazing and I could read this book over and over again.🥹

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gore, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

doodeedoda's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful medium-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: Grief, Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Sexism, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

nadiaherondale's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.75

I've been thinking for days what to say in my review because I liked the series in the core, I was engaged with the characters, I ended up liking the world building even though I was a bit confused about it at first, but to be fair the writing bored me. The over prosaic narrative sometimes took me out of the story and I had to read some parts several times to understand it (granted English is not my first language, but I have studied it for 20 years and I've never had any problems reading other books). I think the book (and the series) is good, just that the writing style is not for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, War, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Death

cerilouisereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Death, Body horror, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

nikspandya's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.75

First and foremost I just gotta get this outta the way - the storytelling was lacking in the second book. There were many characters that just faded out or plot points I don’t think were fully thought through. My biggest critique is that Altair’s POV didn’t serve him at all, and it was a shame 🤧…moving on…

My absolutely favorite thing about this duology is the display of non-romantic love but like…make it romantic? The zumra has a soul bond? Like they love each other so much it’s maddening? 

The first time we see it is with Zafira and Yasmine as Yas gets married, how Zafira mourns it as a loss but tries to stay happy for her (history will rmbr them as best friends). We see it again in Altair’s actions towards Nasir in Sharr. We see it openly and proudly when Kifah says it about Altair without restrain, “I love him, yes. Fiercely. I’m beginning to love our zumra.” And when Altair later on lets Kifah know he sees her and wants her by his side. Over and over we are doused with Passionate, Big, All Consuming, I Didn’t Lose Myself In You, I Found Myself In You, Love™. For a group that chose their family! God it’s so freakin sticky sweet I could kiss them! (platonic)

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence and Death of parent

xynub_456's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective tense 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? Yes

5.0

Friggin' amazing.
if you really love the first book as much as you wanted to, take my advice, and pick up the second one it beautifully written and will be worth your time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gore, Murder, and Death of parent

paigeinabook's review against another edition

adventurous reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Addiction, Violence, Sexual content, and Child abuse

tahsintries's review against another edition

emotional

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Grief, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, and Blood