Reviews tagging 'Death'

Bone Crier's Moon by Kathryn Purdie

12 reviews

mary_trot's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, Grief, Animal death, and Kidnapping

thewillowwood's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

2.75

This book was interesting enough to get me through to the end, but it was not really my cup of tea. It adheres much too strongly to the expected YA tropes with not much deviation, and doesn’t do it in a sufficiently interesting way in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Animal death, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Medical content, Violence, Grief, and Murder

zoeelora's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Animal death, Blood, Death, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

kbairbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

Eh, I feel indifferent if not slightly negatively towards this book. I just… didn’t like it. And I can’t even put my finger on why?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Violence, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Animal death, Blood, and Confinement

reads_with_lauren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I give this 3.75 stars because I was surprised and actually did enjoy this
book.
I have extreeeeeemly mixed feelings about this book. I
think I've found why but I still can't 100% place it.
I *mostly* loved the characters- I thought they were
interesting to read and had good character development.
Concept & plot execution was actually probably the best
part of the whole book. I really enjoyed the fantasy world
the author came up with. I thought it was unique but it
also kinda fit into a
"stereotypical" kind of fantasy book
feel, which was actually nice to read and didn't hinder my
experience. I thought the magic system and the rituals
were so carefully thought out and it shows.
Overall I enjoyed this but I do think this should've been
one book and not two... (just my thoughts)

I have to talk about Bastien and Ailesse's relationship because it was seriously captive to lovers. It could be classified enemies to lovers, but let's be real with ourselves. Ailesse tried to kill Bastien first, then he came super close to killing her, and took her hostage for a long time and drained her of her health and allowed Jules to lash out at her. I mean, yeah I know they were after 'revenge' but that doesn't mean you shouldn't be a decent person to your hostage. Bastien even notes later on how she looks so nutrient deprived and how it was probably his fault. I just hated this aspect. And then suddenly they're in love? Like actual “love". I don't get it. It's been AT MOST A MONTH BUT I'M PRETTY SURE LESS THAN A MONTH.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Grief

literaryrecap's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

brookey8888's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

I really liked this! I really enjoyed the friendship even though we didn’t get to see them together. I did not enjoy the insta love but whatever, it was kind of excused. I do wish Sabrine had some kind of romance. She was my favorite and I wish we got more of her to be honest. The guy was fine he wasn’t anything special. I thought the bone crier magic was interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Violence

sunsetcity's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence

malloryfitz's review

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Blood

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Self harm, and Violence

ashlightgrayson's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

2.75

I appreciated the unique concept of this story. However, I feel like there was not as much character development as I would have hoped. There is a strong female friendship at the forefront of the story. Despite enjoying the strong friendship, the romance lacked development. I like Bastien and Ailesse as individual characters, and the romance between them had potential but felt rushed. I would have preferred waiting until the next book for them to get together. It would have allowed the tension between them to build and given them more time to get to know each other better. The side characters are likable, but I just didn't feel invested enough in the story to continue reading the sequel. Overall, if you want an easy to get through adventure story that's easy to get through, this might be enjoyable for you.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder