Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik

62 reviews

ailsaod's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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

5.0

 After the cliff-hanger book 2 ended on I wasn't sure what to expect from this book but it very quickly surpassed all expectations I had. This is my favourite book in the trilogy by far and expands the world outside the scholomance. I really enjoyed El's friendships which once again were more prominent in the story given Orion's ...situation. I also thought the plot twists in the story were amazing - Novik is just an incredible writer at everything she attempts it appears! Prepare yourself for some mild emotional devastation though as some of the things revealed really got me (in a good way though!).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Classism

Minor: Death of parent and Murder

herasrevenge88's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? Yes

3.0

I’m honestly kind of sad that I had to give this only three stars because I had such high hopes for this book. The first 50% of this book I was bored out of my mind but I just kept hoping that it was going to get better. It did get better. It really picked up and was really really good and made me laugh out loud a couple of times….for the last 50% of it. I feel like the first 50%. might’ve been better summarized in a paragraph or two so that way we could just jump into the story. It might’ve made for a really short book but at least I would not have had to sit through 200 pages of awful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Death, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Gaslighting, War, Child death, Gore, Body horror, and Genocide

jjyork's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.5

I got a little lost with the world building. Also the cheating stuff was weird. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Minor: Grief

imds's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death of parent, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Body horror, Classism, Grief, Child death, Death, Kidnapping, and Murder

krisalexcole's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

1.75

The previous two books had "what the fuck" endings in a good way. This one had a "what the fuck" ending in a bad way.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Child death, Cursing, Kidnapping, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

coffeebot18's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A stunning conclusion - to a brilliant trilogy - that

makes sense of the events of the first two novels and clarifies El’s purpose

. Novik’s magical world is desperately dark, but protagonist El and her people are tenacious in their pursuit of a glimmering, golden hope for a better future.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Body horror, and Violence

Minor: Cursing, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Murder

ceruleanseas's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Gore

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Abortion, Murder, Drug use, and Sexual content

lolamosk'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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Death, Torture, and Murder

alyssasaurus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Racism, Confinement, War, and Kidnapping

keen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Confinement