Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Kingdom of Gods by N.K. Jemisin

3 reviews

queenie_ofthe_void's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective slow-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

4.0

This book is my least favorite of the trilogy, but that doesn't mean it still wasn't good. It was a fitting end for Sieh and everything he's longed for since he first fell in love with Yeine. 

Coming to grips with mortality and the fickleness of humanity was heart wrenching. Every time Yeine, Naha, and eventually Tempa came to check on him wrecked me emotionally. Definitely had to take breaks.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, War, Violence, and Toxic relationship

seanml's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

I have finally reached the end of the journey. When starting the trilogy I did not anticipate its meandering plot, spotty worldbuilding, deux ex machinas, or plot twists that have no weight. For a series that involves a realm called the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, I was surprised to find that only a handful of these kingdoms came up. Now, the series isn’t terrible by any means; there are a good number of fun ideas. These are just vastly outnumbered by strange, meandering, underwhelming choices in plot. I’m sure this series resonates perfectly with some people, but I am not one of them.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Incest, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

Minor: Cannibalism, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

kylieqrada's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

A five star series, my favorite work from N.K. Jemisin so far (that's saying alot), and potentially a favorite series of all time. I didn't realize that these books, while connected by a common core of characters and a general plot, are more companion novels than sequential books in an interconnected series. Usually with series like that, I inevitably fall more in love with one book/story more than the others. Not so here. I am trash for this entire series, and I'm SO glad my mom got me the giant bind-up so I can hop straight into the novella! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Xenophobia