Reviews tagging 'Death'

Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron

12 reviews

minnxes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Emotional abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, and Child death

Minor: Torture and Rape

annaki_laila's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

story_goblin's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This book was much darker than I expected based on the summary and very beginning. I recommend checking the content warnings before reading. Overall, it was very vivid with well-developed characters and a good plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Child abuse, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Death, Murder, Pregnancy, Body horror, and Torture

tagrace's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This is a good book that with better pacing could have been great. I really loved the world building and rich mythology, but so much happens in a relatively short amount of time that it feels like characters don't get time to develop. (The love story also interjects somewhat haphazardly into the epic quest story, at least in my opinion.) The end result is almost 500 pages and a large cast that I felt like I still didn't know that well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Death and Body horror

allisonsmith120's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

decembermagpie'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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal death, Self harm, War, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Blood, Gore, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Torture and Pregnancy

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, Gore, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror and Torture

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

antonique_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Death, Child death, Child abuse, Violence, and Torture

achay91's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

sarahsbooklife's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement and Medical content

Minor: Rape