Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

34 reviews

brianareads's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Drug use, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Grief, Self harm, and Trafficking

whysomanysams's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Body horror, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Cursing

Minor: Homophobia

maryellen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I'd give this one more than 5 stars if I could.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Grief, Sexual content, and Violence

annalisaely's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The world building is awesome, I got very attached to several of the perspective characters even though their motivations/goals were often opposed. Xialla is my favorite, but Okoa turned out to be more sympathetic than I thought he would. I liked hearing about the magic/supernatural powers of the characters who had them and all the stuff about living on the sea/navigating a ship. The various plans, resources, and allies of the main characters coming together was fascinating and made more sense than a lot of the epic fantasy I read. I am very excited for the sequel!
We have a fair number of bisexual characters, several nonbinary characters, and many women in positions of power. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gore

Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Grief, and Homophobia