Reviews tagging 'Death'

Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman

60 reviews

emilyplun's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Child death, Body horror, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Antisemitism, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Vomit, Animal death, and Torture

akil_ss's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Rape

matt4hire's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.5

A sometime knight meets a strange young girl during the Black Plague in France, and ends up getting pulled along on a strange quest.

Do you like religious horror? Do you like post-apocalyptic horror? Do you like dark fantasy? Do you like really well-written, flawed characters trying to do their best in life? This is a book you should read.

Buehlman’s writing is pretty aces. His characters are interesting, his senses of action and pacing are top-notch.

The one thing to know, if you do pick this up, is that this book is actually scary, and fairly gruesome, too. It’s not exactly splatter stuff, but there’s quite a bit of violence.

Still, definitely recommend if you’re into that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Cursing, and Gore

ajay913's review

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Antisemitism, Animal death, Rape, and Torture

box_wine_hero's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

A horror story that takes place during the outbreak of the bubonic plague--it's like this book was written just for me. The monsters are horrifying and work as well as literal terrors as they do metaphors for the ravages of the plague.  The ending was satisfying as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Death

jomojobo's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Sexism, Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, Torture, Violence, War, Death, Murder, Xenophobia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, and Death of parent

Moderate: Antisemitism, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

Minor: Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Infidelity

jellygh0st'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, War, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Blood, Cursing, Child death, Body horror, Suicide, Torture, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, Gore, Murder, Excrement, and Death

Minor: Rape, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Antisemitism

It's not ill-spirited, i.e. portrayal is obviously not condonement - but antagonists mention/voice intent on sexual assault, antisemitism, and religious supremism very frequently. The author doesn't take pleasure in the idea of exploring those ideas out of morbid curiosity, as some books might, but they are mentioned and given proper emotional weight and punishment when necessary.

thenoboshow's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Death, Religious bigotry, Grief, Murder, Cursing, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, War, Sexual assault, Pandemic/Epidemic, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual violence

ripxw's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Violence

Minor: Rape

shadowdra126's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book is one part Dark Souls, two parts Hieronymus Bosch, set to the soundtrack of every heavy metal band ever created, and finally seasoned with wit and humor through and through. 

This book was amazing and moving and also completely and totally fucking bitchin’

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Death, Cursing, Body horror, Alcohol, Murder, Religious bigotry, Torture, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Gore, Antisemitism, War, and Blood