Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

75 reviews

jessicarenz's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Blood, Gun violence, Self harm, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Animal cruelty, and Murder

Minor: Toxic relationship, Confinement, and Medical trauma

antoniac's review

hopeful mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Grief, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment

hilwithonel's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

The vibes of "The Starless Sea" but I understood what was going on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Abandonment, Kidnapping, and Racism

Minor: Violence

readsavvy's review

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Violence

lyndsay_bibliophile's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

The .5 is for the beautiful writing and quotes coming out of this book.

“The Ten Thousand Doors of January" delivers in its beautiful prose, but left me wanting more from the doors themselves.

Harrow's wordsmithing is undeniable. Words paint vivid pictures, but felt fleeting, leaving the broader world-building underdeveloped. We sneak a peek at fantastical lands, but never truly get to explore.

The story itself meanders through time and narrative styles, which was sometimes distracting and I found it difficult to connect with the characters through this back-and-forth.

One trope was annoyingly loud: miscommunication. While it fuels some dramatic moments, its overuse felt like a missed opportunity for deeper character exploration.

Ultimately, this is a hopeful story. While it doesn't quite reach its full potential, Harrow clearly has a talent with words.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Violence, Misogyny, and Racism

keeganrb's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, and Racism

skbat's review

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Animal cruelty, Grief, Gun violence, and Abandonment

Moderate: Torture, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Self harm, Animal death, Colonisation, and Racism

Minor: Sexual assault, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

milenaaax98's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

I have never annotated and underlined so many things in a fiction book. This book is written so beautifully, some sentences make your heart ache. We should all try to be like January

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, Violence, Gaslighting, Confinement, and Abandonment

Moderate: Gun violence and Animal cruelty

321zeggy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, and Gun violence

Moderate: Grief, Blood, Classism, Death, Racism, Violence, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy and Sexual harassment

athryn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

This took a while to get to the actual adventure part, which was where it really took off for me. Before that, there's quite a bit of trauma to go through, and I will say that it made it so I had to put it down quite a bit. I thought the interspersing of the two narratives to be pretty interesting. I thought this was a good spin on a concept done by a few other people recently.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Self harm, Sexism, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Confinement

Minor: Grief, Alcohol, Pregnancy, and War