Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Paladin's Faith by T. Kingfisher

3 reviews

wilybooklover's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

5.0

Another fantastic instalment in this series. Shane and Marguerite were a perfect pairing of opposites  — the former honourable and gentle yet plagued with guilt, and the latter practical and flirty with absolutely no patience for guilt. I really loved how Marguerite took the reins in their relationship; it felt right for the couple and I'm never opposed to a hint of femdom.

The plot took a good while to kick in (I think it could've done with a bit of a tougher edit in the first half) but by the end it was absolutely fascinating. I cannot wait to see where the plot is going with Judith.

I really hope that Wren isn't paired up with Davith though. I hate second chance and theirs is a dynamic that I just don't enjoy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual harassment, Suicide, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

maryellen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.25

The pacing was a bit off, but it generally is when there is a stark contrast between periods of travel and then periods of court politics.

The aspects of religion, godhood, demonic possession, champions, and artificers are really interesting.  I really wished that the whole World of the White Rat contained more about the White Rat, because their people are predominantly main side characters.

Since it's been mentioned that it is planned to be seven books in this series I imagine that we get one for each of the remaining paladins.  I'm looking forward to Wren, and eventually Judith, though I expect with what happened at the end of this book, she might be the focus of the end of the series.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gaslighting, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Animal death, Slavery, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Body shaming, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Grief, Child abuse, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Blood, Classism, Confinement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Vomit