Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Lives of Saints by Leigh Bardugo

7 reviews

nils_0's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, War, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Torture, Abandonment, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Violence, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

casdelvo's review against another edition

dark informative fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Religious bigotry, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Suicide, and War

mrsjones0925's review

adventurous dark sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Death, and Death of parent

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• 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: Confinement, Death, Blood, and Child death

Moderate: Child abuse and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Death of parent, and War

therobinjoyce's review

dark informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

A gorgeous little book full of Grishaverse lore and so many tales about their saints. Very beautiful little read

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Abandonment, Death of parent, Child death, Death, Murder, and Misogyny

manarnia's review

adventurous dark informative fast-paced

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

3.5

This book serves as a decent tie-in, but isn't particularly interesting in its own right. It's a very quick read though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Sexism and Trafficking

Minor: Death of parent

valyn_grebe's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, and Violence

Minor: Child death, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Death of parent, and Blood