Reviews tagging 'Death'

Dark Age by Pierce Brown

36 reviews

specialbread's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

5.0

This is a far-sight better than Iron Gold.

Though I don't enjoy Lysander's point of view, I understand that we need some point of view from the Society. With Volsang Fa, the leader of the Ascomanni, and the Jackal-reborn rising as quite possibly the true villains of the saga, we will probably see Darrow and Lysander team up to defeat one or both of them. I genuinely think that Lysander has been brainwashed into believing that golds are the only people who should not be slaves. I don't love his misunderstanding and unwillingness to look at who Darrow is. On the other side of the narrative, Ephram and Lyria are quickly turning into some of my favorite characters in the whole series. I am excited to see where Lyria's story unfolds, as Ephram just got killed at the end.

Awesome book! I am excited to see where we go from here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Classism, and Cursing

Moderate: Sexual content

tiana_king'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

This book was BRUTAL. Not just because just about everything that could go wrong did. Not just because our heroes were backed into all corners. But because the author thought it would be cute to kill every third character 😭 I feel like I’ve lost so much of my heart. But I must see this series through because it couldn’t have all been for nothing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Grief, Drug use, War, Abandonment, Genocide, Blood, Gun violence, Hate crime, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Outing, Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Addiction

daylajane's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Child death, Murder, Pregnancy, Racism, Colonisation, Death, Gaslighting, War, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death of parent, Violence, Gore, and Torture

Minor: Rape

_thunderhead_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual violence, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Suicide, Violence, War, Child death, Classism, Gore, Death, and Incest

obtoosegoose's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

2.0

The author kept inventing new villains/weapons/histories and only introduced them when he needed them to develop a plot point. It would have been nicer to have foreshadowing and development of these things throughout the book and/or sereis rather than have new things pop up only when they are convenient.
The level of gore and violence in this book is much greater than that of the pervious books in the sereis. Most of the time it is just violence for the sake of violence and does not even contribute to the story line or the moral. So much uncessary violence is in the book that it actually detracts from the shock of certain scenes where violence actually does add value. 
Book was way too long. Plot for thr first 75% of the book is hard to get through and I needed to reference the wiki constantly to keep up with all the new characters being introduced. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, War, Gore, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Homophobia and Incest

missdanielle's review

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, War, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Torture, Death, and Blood

shlee's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Torture, Child death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Slavery, Blood, Violence, War, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Colonisation, Confinement, and Gore

beyourbestshelf's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Sexual violence, Rape, Excrement, Violence, Genocide, Child death, Slavery, Death, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent and Blood

mirrorstorm_'s review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Just all the content warnings apply. Earns the title Dark Age. Solid book and well written but overall not a fun time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, War, Child death, Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, and Torture

Moderate: Incest, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual assault

Minor: Cannibalism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Chronic illness

walenchao's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

The darkest chapter yet of the red rising sequel trilogy - the Lysander chapters tend to drag a bit, and the non-stop existential brooding of Darrow can grind things to a halt. Ephraim’s story continues to be the most engaging of the sequel series, and Lyria get a lot of character growth that helps make what would otherwise be an annoying plucky “resistance” nu Star Wars character a much more interesting and fascinating experience.

Victra is easily a standout - something about her haughty, better-than-you tone just works, and she’s a far better POV character to have as a grown adult than she would have been in the previous books. 

The darkness is grim and the grimness is dark, but it looks like we’re seeing the end of the tunnel with this space opera of a story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Vomit, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Colonisation, Abandonment, Addiction, Torture, Suicide, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Confinement, Body horror, Infidelity, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Death, Cursing, Child death, and Bullying

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship