Reviews tagging 'Death'

Eldest by Christopher Paolini

32 reviews

coreyarch9's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful slow-paced

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

3.25

Paolini sure likes to make us work for an action-packed payout! I tend to prefer plot-driven reads, so having a book that is slower and very heavy on the character development is fighting against my reading style.

That said, I enjoyed that Eldest showed us more of Roran and brought back some key characters from Eragon while introducing us to a new cast. The battle at the end was everything that I could want and I'm looking forward to continuing full steam ahead as I dive into a reread of the next book in the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Death, and Murder

Minor: Torture, Alcohol, and Death of parent

hedyharper's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Child death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Slavery, War, Xenophobia, Racism, Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Sexism, Torture, and Violence

potion96's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Chronic illness

rheagoveas's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and War

_rowantree_'s review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• 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: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, War, and Death

Minor: Torture, Colonisation, and Death of parent

natashalg's review

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

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

2.75

Was incredibly slow plot wise, and I found myself bored thoughout most of the book, even during the battle scenes. Parts that should have been longer were incredibly short, and it felt like this whole book was exposition. I found the characters hard to relate to and at times irritating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Animal death, and Gore

Minor: Animal death and Fire/Fire injury

emma6544's review

I was going to continue on this book (I originally gave myself until the end of the year). However, I decided to stop reading it earlier than planned. I also liked the introduction to other characters perspectives that we encountered in the previous book. 

But, personally it’s not worth the significant slog to read them because the start of this book is really good but it becomes stale in the middle. 

the middle part of the novel consists of Eragons training with the Elves and, in my option, this should have been cut down to a small montage to keep the story going. <\spoiler>

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, and Violence

cturn's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Kidnapping, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy

readbyella_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, War, and Blood

tyr2607's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death