Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

302 reviews

alanabeth's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes

4.75

This book has been in my TBR for a hot minute and I’m so glad I read it! The world building, story and character development were all fantastic. 

There definitely is more violence than I am accustomed to, but it was fine. 

I had a feeling about Raihn having a secret and not fully disclosing it. (The burn on his back) But I had no idea he would do/wish for in the end. That was a complete shock!

I can’t wait to read the second in the series!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Rape, Blood, and Violence

maddlecat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Violence, Sexual content, and Murder

Minor: Rape

thedigsy's review

dark funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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, War, Toxic relationship, Death, Confinement, Blood, Sexual violence, Murder, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Stalking

kaylacampion's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Entertained by the story, but found the world building a bit confusing, like there were some major questions and plot holes that were left unaddressed.

Why would a human be allowed to enter a vampire competition? Why are there so few contestants to begin with? How is there still a sizeable human population if they're being picked off by dozens of vampires every night? How does no one notice Oraya is killing vampires at night? How is she somehow the smallest contestant by a good bit, as well as the least talented with magic, and yet she wins fairly easily? Humans are clearly able to wield some type of magic, but this isn't explained at all.

Also somewhat irritated by the constant use of "spat" and "choked" 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Death, Blood, and Genocide

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Vomit and Self harm

ladydeathnesta's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I absolutely love this book! It’s near perfection and it’s beautifully devastating 🖤

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, War, Ableism, Death, Sexual violence, Cursing, Police brutality, Self harm, Sexism, Hate crime, Stalking, Gore, Medical trauma, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Cannibalism, Classism, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Medical content, Confinement, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Bullying, Racial slurs, and Sexual harassment

ashl3ydawn's review

adventurous dark fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Sexual content, and War

howboutjane'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Deliciously dark. A ride from start to finish. I loved everything about this book - the fights, the romance, the TWIST. ugggh. 10/10 😩.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Genocide, Murder, Death, Blood, Hate crime, and War

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Vomit

brittonmc1221's review

adventurous dark tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

fiercereadsfiction's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Violence

Moderate: War and Sexual content

Minor: Rape

kayceeisbookish's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Confinement, War, Death of parent, Child death, Gore, Rape, Violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Death, Grief, Genocide, Slavery, Racism, and Torture