Reviews tagging 'Death'

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

72 reviews

banana_watt's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Kidnapping

christinereads1823's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

Somehow both comforting and unsettling, Fawcett's evocative writing and fully realized characters make this book impossible to put down. Emily is who I want to be when I grow up, and she and Wendell make an improbable yet wonderful team. I can't wait to see where their adventures take them next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

steph_weigle's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Mental illness, Vomit, Kidnapping, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Murder, Animal death, Child death, and Grief

xiekaili's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Torture

Minor: Cursing

thebookishwizard's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, and Death

kirstym25's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Kidnapping

Moderate: Violence, Death, and Animal death

k8bennetreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

An excellent book with really lovely characters and atmosphere.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Kidnapping, Death, and Body horror

pvp_niki's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Death, Animal death, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Animal cruelty

startjpw23's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This is a fantasy that tells the story of Emily Wilde who is compiling an Encyclopaedia of Faeries. The story is set in an alternate version of the world from the later part of 1909 into early 1910. She travels to Hrafnsvik, Ljosland which is a village in Norway. Emily is very good at research. She is not so good interacting with people. Early on, the villagers become very upset with Emily for reasons she doesn't understand. Not long in her stay, she is joined by her colleague Wendell Bambleby. She is not particularly happy to see him. They have an interesting relationship. Emily has a very chill dog named Shadow. The book is written as journal entries with footnotes. I enjoyed the way that the book gradually talked about various types of fae (they often use the term Folk in the book). There were some thrilling, tense parts. Sometimes, the book told what happened after the fact which took some of the tension away. I would have liked for Emily's and Wendell's relationship to go it a different direction. I recommend this book to someone who would like a somewhat dark fantasy with two interesting main characters, a fun, dog, and an interesting supporting cast. I have heard people use the term cozy to describe this book. I did not find it so. I did enjoy the book a lot and will be reading the next book in the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Death

torturedreadersdept's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, and Self harm

Minor: Cursing, Animal death, Confinement, Vomit, Alcohol, and Child abuse