Reviews tagging 'Death'

These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan

33 reviews

theespressoedition's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Murder, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

kassidyreads's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Confinement, Homophobia, Alcohol, and Slavery

cady_sass's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

Okay hear me out: I know, objectively, this is not very good. The writing is very lackluster and repetitive and the book as a whole lacked editing. BUT if you have a fairy world fantasy itch that can’t seem to get scratched, this will do it. I really enjoyed this, despite the predicability and eye-roll worthy protagonist. It’s fun! So sue me. You get exactly what you expect, in my humble opinion. 
Side note: there are a lot ( a LOT ) of reviews calling this an ACOTAR rip off and, while there are some minor similarities, I don’t feel that way at all. Sorry not sorry. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Medical content, Murder, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Violence, War, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Classism, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

ilka00's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, Death, and Kidnapping

Minor: Homophobia

leila_reads_too_much's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Grief

japanasi's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

the storyline isn’t super original (reminded me a lot of the acotar series) and the writing isn’t.. particularly good
it also features the typical YA love triangle trope that isn’t a triangle but the “MC has two love interests she can’t choose between” which is always a bit trying
the world building falls flat, and it’s definitely a romance novel first, with a dash of fantasy. but despite all this, I kind of liked it, it was fun to read

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent, Murder, Death, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

proseandpurls's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Drug use

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

clairew97's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Violence, War, Abandonment, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Death, and Drug use

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Sexual content, Slavery, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: War

haley49's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

This was the kind of book with all the twists and turns I wanted with enough setup to guess twists but still find them believable and satisfying. The romance(s) were well-done in that I went back and forth on who I was rooting for. The unreliable/fish out of water narrator helped build tension and suspense. Only real complaint was that some of the characters could have felt more 3-dimensional; there were some moments where some characters felt more like empty tropes without their own flair. Otherwise, an amazing, unputdownable read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Abandonment

Moderate: War, Sexual content, Infidelity, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Medical content, Gaslighting, and Death

Minor: Gore, Slavery, Child abuse, and Sexism

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