Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne

5 reviews

ohloulou's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Blood, Animal death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content

catherinepaddon's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.75

Loved the magic system. Loved the adventure. Fantastic read. She is a big gal but short chapters with lots of action really makes it a page turner! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Child death

kabrahams's review against another edition

4.75

Well that was epic! I need to get my hands on the sequel already because I'm not ready to leave this Norse-inspired world of monsters and vengeance. We follow three POVs, Orka who is desperate to find her kidnapped son, Elvar, a warrior who has rejected noble life to pursue glory and is headed to the final resting place (battle ground) of the gods, and Varg, a former thrall determined to avenge his sister who falls in with a band of ruffians. While Orka's POV was my favorite, all were riveting and full of action. Also, I love the phrase "thought cage."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Self harm, Child abuse, Child death, Slavery, and Grief

darkefyres's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent, Gore, and Murder

Minor: War, Sexual content, and Child death

travelseatsreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I've struggled with writing a review for this one as I really enjoyed some parts of the book but then felt like other sections were almost a chore.

What I Liked
-Amazing world building
-Some amazing sections of writing and lots of quotable lines.
-Lots of action and mythical creatures 
-Great female characters

What I Didn't Like 
-There were chunks where I was bored
-I felt most of the characters needed more depth
-It needs a glossary and character map. There are so many terms and characters to make sense of it's easy to get lost, especially for the first book of a series.

It's quite obviously a really well written book and is getting huge praise but for me I felt it was a little bit too much hard work for the pay off of the level of enjoyment I received from it. I've no doubt however that it will make for an amazing series.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Murder, War, Confinement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Slavery, Torture, and Violence