Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Last Hero by Linden A. Lewis

6 reviews

christinereads1823's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

Once again I have been emotionally gut punched by Linden A. Lewis. The Last Hero is absolutely stunning. Best final book in a trilogy I've read in years.
Lewis's writing is addicting, and their characters burst off the page, their thought processes and actions and connections to each other so strong you can't help but be sucked into their ever-intertwining story. 
I cried for pretty much the last seventy-five pages straight and then for minutes after I finished.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Grief, Death, War, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse

major_tom's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

3.0

Overall, I enjoyed this book. I think the foreshadowing was done pretty well compared to the previous books and the plot lines of different characters all came together smoothly. The world building was interesting and greatly contributed to the overall investment in the story. I think it was even better executed than book 1 in this regard.

I loved the storylines of Lucia, Lito and Astrid. While I think some more drastic choices could have been made, I think they were engaging and brought enough reality of war (emotional damage 😭). However, I hated Hiro’s storyline. His character was already a bit questionable in the previous book, but here it just got worse. And no, I’m not talking about queer representation. I am talking about the unauthentic dialogues - the speeches he made were not realistic in the environment they were made. The vocabulary used tried to describe him as a bit of rebel, but it was too much in your face. He was a caricature, not a real person. That really put me off because I think other characters didn’t have that problem.

Also, the ending was very … boring? Anticlimactic? After so much, the resolution of HUGE problems was fast, plain and didn’t have any consequences.

I felt that the author wanted to make it happier for the reader at the expense of the actual story. Like come on, everything is so amazing after such horrible events? I didn’t feel horrible about the dying people in the hospitals, because there were maybe 2 sentences dedicated to it. And everyone forgave those who were basically war criminals? They just decided to say that “ this one person was a terrorist and let’s forget about it”.

Overall, I am not sure whether I would recommend this series. It has an interesting world and lore behind it, some characters were very unique and I loved following their story, no matter how tragic in some places. But the flaws in writing, story being flat and uneventful for a whole book and a unsatisfying ending can’t be ignored.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Death, Dysphoria, Gore, Medical trauma, War, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Xenophobia

leaflit's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful reflective sad 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

4.5

Really enjoyed this whole triology. The final book was a good wrap up and conclusion. There were some parts of the story (pivotal character moments) where I felt the book moved too quickly and I didn’t understand/trust the motivations of the characters. Overall good though and sucked me into the story much like the first two. 

One complaint about the audiobook version is with so many different narrators there were inconsistencies in pronunciation that I found disruptive as there were a couple times I didn’t realize different narrators were talking about the same thing until it came up a couple times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Medical content, Misogyny, Torture, Transphobia, Blood, Classism, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Grief, Mental illness, War, Xenophobia, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death of parent, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Rape, Slavery, and Terminal illness

Minor: Body horror, Alcohol, Excrement, and Vomit

salemander's review against another edition

5.0

i have no words to properly describe how amazing this series is! I’m sure it has its flaws, but the representation, the pacing, the thrilling absolutely gripping storylines, the multiple action and emotion packed POVs, all of it was so incredible and kept me hooked on every word. the only thing that stopped me from finishing this in one sitting was my stupid bodily needs like sleep. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical trauma, Slavery, Torture, Genocide, Grief, Violence, War, Death, and Sexual violence

smoakwithwifi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-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

3.75

As much as I enjoyed this trilogy as a whole, this last book was a struggle to get through. Having one horrible and horrifying thing happen after the other was just plain emotionally exhausting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Death, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Self harm, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Blood, and Physical abuse

Minor: Medical trauma, Ableism, Classism, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Transphobia

studydniowka's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Definitely the worst of the trilogy, but still highly entertaining read. I recommend 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Abandonment, Colonisation, Slavery, Death of parent, Grief, Trafficking, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, and War