Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

The Faithless Hawk by Margaret Owen

4 reviews

sleeping_roses's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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

I'm so glad Tavin's okay!!

This book was amazing! Especially the way it all lined up at the end. Beautifully done, from characterization to world-building and everything in between!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Blood, Classism, Genocide, Grief, Terminal illness, Violence, War, Death of parent, Death, Torture, Physical abuse, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Domestic abuse and Confinement

cattails's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Child death, Violence, Death, Xenophobia, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Death of parent, Hate crime, and Gore

egurgens's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

I believe I have found a new favorite author. Owen’s writing style is amazing, her word choice is fantastic, and her characters are diverse. 

In this sequel to The Merciful Crow, we again follow Fie as tensions between the crows and the other castes continue to mount. When Fie’s band of crows comes across a whole town affected by plague, she bands up with two other chiefs to deal mercy. The queen has falsely blamed the kings death on the crows / Fie, so Tavin has to find her before the queen does. Once reunited, the band, along with our favorite lordlings, have to find a way to keep the queen from claiming the throne for herself. 

Features betrayal, romance, spying, political plots, hidden identities, a wonderful world of magic,  and so much more. 

I absolutely adored this duo loft and I look forward to reading more work from Margaret Owen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Classism, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Police brutality, Racism, Religious bigotry, and War

marit_1305's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Terminal illness, Racism, Gore, and Blood