Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett

5 reviews

jessthanthree's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: War, Blood, Classism, Death, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Sexism, Slavery, and Gore

Minor: Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Cannibalism, Vomit, Alcohol, Excrement, and Mental illness

rossandhissandwich's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Death, Torture, and Slavery

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Vomit, Classism, and Car accident

Minor: Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, and War

spacecurl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

I picked this book up because I loved the cover, it's stunningly beautiful. It has been a while since I read a fantasy book with a lot of world building so it took me a little bit to get into, but the magic system was really interesting and the highly flawed characters that learned to work with each other over the course of the book was really fun to read. 

It was a bit gruesome in parts which took me by surprise, but it matches the overall story and atmosphere of the book so it was tolerable to my soft heart haha

All in all I really enjoyed this book and will be reading the other two in the series in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Torture, Vomit, Violence, Slavery, and Body horror

Moderate: Death, Excrement, Gore, Murder, Car accident, and Classism

Minor: Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Misogyny, and War

queenie_ofthe_void's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Sexual assault, Violence, and Slavery

Minor: Body horror, Car accident, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, and Violence

fraxisle's review

adventurous funny inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Violence

Moderate: Slavery, Blood, Torture, Terminal illness, Death, and Gore

Minor: Misogyny and Death of parent