Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Prince's Gambit by C.S. Pacat

16 reviews

lauwbinx's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, War, Suicide, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Murder

Minor: Sexual violence, Death of parent, Slavery, Incest, and Emotional abuse

teagstime's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The first book was absolutely perfect- and this one is, somehow, even moreso. The political intrigue was INCREDIBLE; there were plays here that caught me completely off guard and made my heart flutter at the sheer amount of thought & foreshadowing! So so good! And so so messed up!!

Impeccable dialogue and characters, as always- I just adore Damen and Laurent's relationship progression here so much. From hatred to tense allyship to hesitant friendship to the fragile care at the end here.... it's just impeccable ❤️ 
Truly such a joy, I'm literally buying book 3 this instant

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Blood, Slavery, War, and Sexual content

Moderate: Confinement and Suicide

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, Child death, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Sexual harassment

louisallama's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The characters, relationships, and plot twists in this series are absolutely phenomenal. My jaw was on the floor several times. The best part is that all of the twists are foreshadowed and well earned. 
Also I want to break Laurent down into a primordial goo, put him through a centrifuge, study the resulting pellet under a microscope and do chromatography on the supernatant. I'm so normal about him. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Child abuse

sarahflies's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Toxic relationship, War, Incest, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Animal death, Classism, and War

paziicrm's review

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Child death, Violence, Suicide, Death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, and Death of parent

jjnich's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Alcohol, Death, Blood, Body horror, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Slavery, and War

zeppelinnyx's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious relaxing sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Pedophilia, and War

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, and Incest

cait's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Slavery, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Blood, Bullying, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Sexual assault

sophie42's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Slavery

Moderate: Death of parent, War, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Death

Minor: Vomit

lorriss's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Slavery

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Grief, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, and Vomit

Minor: Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Acephobia/Arophobia, Alcohol, Animal death, Biphobia, Chronic illness, Classism, Drug use, Misogyny, Medical content, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Terminal illness