Reviews tagging 'Child death'

A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab

26 reviews

audrey5's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I think that the other books in the trilogy where much better than this one... I still loved it though! A lot of the the things said and done in this book made me slap my fore head and cringe but it was kind of funny too.

I will say that the part where Alucard's sisters dies and he just starts flirting with Rhy makes me really confused... Like you just had this traumatic experience and your going to flirt about the scars?  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, and Child death

kaetheluise_nckl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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: Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Grief, Death, Child death, Torture, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Confinement and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide and Slavery

imds's review

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Homophobia, Blood, Murder, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Abandonment, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

jessicaludden's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

4.0

“Pain reminds us that we’re alive.”

I really enjoyed this book. When I started this series I wasn’t sucked in right from the start, but I’m glad I stuck with it because I really liked this last book. My biggest complaint with the other books in the series was the pacing. I felt like they focused too much on the mundane things that characters did causing it to get really slow before it finally picked up. But I think the pacing was amazing with this book which surprised me considering that it’s 600 pages. Do I think it needed to be that long? No, but there was never a moment when I thought the story was dragging. It was very much a typical high fantasy book where the characters are fighting the big bad and there’s a lot of moving parts. The highlight of this book for me was Rhy. I liked him before, but this book made me love him so much. I loved how his character, along with many others touched on grief and how to live with it. What I loved most about this book was the ending. With so many characters we got to see many different point of views. It was a typical bittersweet goodbye at the end where the characters we love are splitting up but we know they’ll see each other again. Overall, I enjoyed this series and I’m glad I grew to love it.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Torture, Death of parent, Suicide, Body horror, Murder, Sexual content, Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, and Grief

taryn_g's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Child death and Homophobia

Minor: Sexual content

lizgriffinwords's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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

5.0

Perfection. No notes.

Okay, some notes, but only good notes! Schwab is a genius. The tension does NOT LET UP. Get the tissue boxes ready around page 450 because you’ll need them. The character dynamics among the entire cast are immaculate! I never want to leave this world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

abbiemarie's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Sexual content, Homophobia, and Death of parent

jenbosen's review

adventurous dark tense 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

4.0

It took 2 books plus another 300 pages but eventually this series became a page-turner I couldn't put down. It was interesting from page 1; I just wish it had been able to hold my attention faster.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Violence, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Murder

amelia_dowling's review

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Child death

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

4.0

Honestly, I kept thinking that I was getting close to the end, realizing I still had several hours left, then wondering what could possibly happen next. I loved all the characters, but this book cemented Rhy as my favorite.

The deaths in this book hurt. Most of them were noble sacrifices: Hastra (my love!!), the King, and Holland. Other were innocents: Calla and Anisa Emery. I was a bit surprised how many characters Schwab did decide to kill off, and I wish it had been fewer. I also didn’t like that so many of the citizens of London died trying to fight off the fog, while those who gave into it and were subsequently put to sleep were, for the most part, fine.

 

 

I was hoping for some sort of redemption for Holland, and I got it. I’m a sucker for self-sacrifice, so I loved that, ultimately, it came down to him to defeat the shadow king, sacrificing his magic (and then his life) in the process.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Grief, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit