Reviews tagging 'Child death'

A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab

27 reviews

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

creepypiespice's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Homophobia, Outing, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicide

some_random_person_hi's review

medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Ironicallly, my reviews for the books in the series keep going down whilst my enjoyment rises.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, and Child death

Moderate: Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Acephobia/Arophobia, Misogyny, and Sexual content

Minor: Gore

myarae's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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: Blood, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Gore and Grief

Minor: Physical abuse

bwaymadeline's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.75

went through every emotion with kell and lila, my new friends

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent and Child death

eve_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

Overall Thoughts:
⁕ V.E. Schwab does not pull ANY punches with this one. It is a nail-biting, heart-wrenching, fast-paced read from start to finish. You will feel all the feelings while reading.

⁕ A decent portion of this is quest-centered — which I usually find very cringe — but Schwab does an AMAZING job keeping the stakes high and infusing it with character development. It never felt like a tedious journey from point a to point b, but rather an engaging and essential part of the entire series arc.

⁕ The ending is SO satisfying and stands well on its own. And YET, I cannot wait for Threads of Power to be released. I need more Kell and Lilah and I need them now 😂 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Violence, and Child death

multiplyoctopi's review

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Body horror, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual content, Suicide, and Physical abuse