Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

80 reviews

sarahaf712's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Self harm, and Misogyny

Moderate: Mental illness, Ableism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Vomit

thequiltyreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Child death

emmasanderson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

Really nicely written.  Took a little time to get into due to Russian words and folklore ( didn’t notice glossary until the end as read as ebook….).  Then it really took off and was very fast paced.  Completely outside my usual genre and read on a recommendation but I had forgotten how much I love folklore and fairy tales.  Pure escapism - I really enjoyed it!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Blood, Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

cthornhill's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Blood, and Child death

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Rape

robinsong's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Misogyny, Gore, Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Physical abuse

paulina_laukova's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Misogyny and Child death

Minor: Sexual harassment

pvbobrien's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Religious bigotry, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Misogyny

peachani's review against another edition

slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Violence, and War

Moderate: Body horror, Misogyny, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Grief, Pregnancy, and Self harm

laverlately's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Misogyny

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, and Animal death

leah_j's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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

3.75

realistically this was more, the first 100 pages were a 3 star read and the last 200 were 5 star. it was very very slow to start with and i felt as though i was being dragged through a whole story that i feel could definitely have been condensed a little; or at least sped up.

however, once it hit the 100 mark i struggled to put this down. the story is something incredibly unique and vasya was one of the most likeable heroines i’ve ever encountered. (and solovey was one of my favourite additions)

the gradual character arcs were brilliant, and i loved how intimate i felt with almost every character, like Konstantin, his thoughts were particularly gripping in a kind of morbidly fascinating way.

while i may not pick up the sequel straight away, i definitely will be attempting to finish this series as it was the begging of a fantasy story i would love more of.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death and Rape