Reviews tagging 'Death'

The King of Crows by Libba Bray

20 reviews

wordsofclover's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

heather_freshparchment's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Domestic abuse, Xenophobia, Racism, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Antisemitism, Grief, Homophobia, and Murder

vanesst's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Domestic abuse, Child death, and Grief

Minor: Ableism and Antisemitism

enchantressreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Death, Violence, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Torture, War, Child death, Blood, Gore, Domestic abuse, Antisemitism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Bullying

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avadear's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

so amazing! i think the most important thing to note is that this author was very informed on what she was writing and did a really great job of writing this series. i feel represented in it and i’m sure other marginalized  people will as well. other than that it was so wonderful to read so interesting, well written, awesome. i loved this series! it would make a great show/movie series honestly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: War

therainbowshelf's review

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

A fitting conclusion to this fun series! I loved the characters throughout (yes, even Evie, who I know some people hate). I don't usually read ghost stories/horror, but this one worked for me. Loved the queer rep (this is the first series I read with an explicitly ace character). The stuff with Isaiah felt a little cheapened in the end (so did the thing with Sam near the beginning), and there were just a few too many ambiance-building mini stories about the dead eating random people. There could have probably been about half of those and they would have achieved the desired effect without becoming a little repetitive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Torture, Kidnapping, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gaslighting, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Gun violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Classism, Homophobia, and Physical abuse

Minor: Suicide and Colonisation

Seizure, drowning, Klu Klux Klan

ellanarose's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Racism, Animal death, Antisemitism, Gun violence, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Violence, Xenophobia, and War

Minor: Ableism

aprlshowers's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

This is easily one of my favorite books. Bray does an excellent job of bringing together the previous books and concluding eachcof the plot lines. But more than that, the overarching theme of never forgetting the sins of the past, the ghost that is ever present in US history is brought home in this book. As a practicing historian, this book means so much to me and I cry every time I read it. It helps that I love each of the characters. I wish more people knew about this series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Confinement

Minor: Domestic abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Animal death, Body horror, and Death

spcandybars's review

dark emotional hopeful tense fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

larareads's review

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Murder, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content and Slavery