Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Morning Star by Pierce Brown

28 reviews

kaseybereading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Colonisation, War, and Classism

lokes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

0.25

I already did not really like the first two books, because of the multiple problems with them - going from racism to queerphobia, the downplay of physical, mental and most importantly sexual abuse, the whole „man is greater than woman“ stuff which wasn’t exactly hidden and most importantly the blatant fascism, especially when it comes to government systems.
In this book, he definitely lost me after an actual discussion described in the book about how the biggest threat to the group is democracy? Hell no. 

I’m really glad I did not buy physical copies of the trilogy, because that would’ve been a waste of both time and money. 


Also, I can’t believe this book got even close to being nominated for an award award, much less to actually win one?? Rest just feels so goddamn wrong :/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Acephobia/Arophobia, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

mj_86's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Moderate: Suicide, Torture, and Grief

Minor: Excrement, Vomit, and Cannibalism

coincidental's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, and Colonisation

Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

ashlynregan's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.5

This series is super consistent and its honestly so refreshing!! Although wtf was that ending??

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Self harm, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

dreadspawn's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Cannibalism

saskiajva's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Holy. Shit. I’ll be the first to say that I wasn’t totally sure about this series after red rising, and almost didn’t pick up the second one because i felt it was lacking some punch in the writing. But oh man am I glad i finished this. 

In my opinion this may be one of the all time best series climaxes/finales I’ve read. The book turns the dials up to 1000 on brutality, writing, and finding beauty in the darkness. I loved that I had no clue where this was going or who, if anyone, would survive when all was said and done. And while I’m not usually a fan of the particular trope that was the very final reveal, it was absolutely perfect here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Child death and Cannibalism

cepbreed's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Pierce Brown is 3 for 3. The only trilogy I've read where every book is deserving of five stars. I feel like an idiot repeating the exact same shit in every review but what can I say; Brown has mastered simultaneous consistency and variety. That ENDING. I've never gone through so many emotions in so few chapters. I couldn't sleep because I was so hyped up by the momentum of the story, so I forced myself to stop reading after

Sevro "died" which had the opposite effect of what I intended.

I literally was one sentence away from physically biting my knuckles out of sheer anticipation and some legitimate fear. Another broken record saying of mine but I LOVE SEVRO!

The impact his death had on my well-being was nearly irreversible. Thank god that twist happened when it did because permanent damage could've been done to my psyche if Sevro was no longer in this series.

  I lowkey may not have been able to read the next trilogy. Even now that ending felt like running a marathon at a full-out sprint. Each twist sent my heart RACING.

Cassius betrays Darrow's trust.

  Sweat forming.

Sevro DIES.

Heart palpitations.

They cut off Darrow's arm!

No more oxygen in my lungs.

Cassius was acting (a masterclass at that because there was no one I hated more in my life than Cassius—a character I've loved for a long time—at that moment)!

Hand tremors.

The deaths of the Olympic Knights!

I can breathe for a second!

The Jackal nukes the moon.

Fuck, pulling out my hair.

The Sovereign dies.

Full body chills.

All colour uprising.

Jubilation!

The Jackal dies.

Unparalleled happiness.

Darrow and Virginia have a CHILD?!

No words. I need a break before I traumatize myself further. 

I can't believe I waited a full month to finish this. I'm so regretful right now. Everything could've been fresh in my mind but in all the excitement I fear I've forgotten everything about the first half of this book. The whole trilogy blends together in this tornado of excitement in my mind. I really can't distinguish book from book or the chronology of anything. My friend asked me to explain the plot, because I couldn't keep my freakout at the ending to myself, and I did such a shit job. Maybe I really do need a break from this series. 

Potentially unpopular opinion but I am sick of them naming every damn thing after Pax. But at least I can be happy that Cassius is fully back. My heart could not take him and Darrow being anything but brothers for much longer. I also have already been spoiled by TikTok (a common occurrence, so when they spared Lysander I was screaming "NOOOO" in my head. BUt then again if Darrow killed him he wouldn't be Darrow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

linneak's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

tanjas_way_out's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, and War

Moderate: Homophobia, Torture, and Grief