Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

236 reviews

princessrory's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

5.0

“I would live alone for fifty years to have one day with you.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Confinement, Homophobia, Incest, Sexual content, Suicide, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Classism

Minor: Torture, Vomit, and Dementia

kiwij96's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.0

This book was genuinely captivating in a lot of ways. The storytelling and worldbuilding were beautifully written. Yes, it can be a little heavy at times but it is so worth it. The characters are mostly well-developed throughout the story too and you begin to understand what makes them tick and feel their range of emotions through the events that take place. I loved the interconnectedness that slowly took place between each of the characters' individual stories and how their experiences made them grow as characters.

This said, my main criticisms would be that after many chapters of build-up to a conflict, the conflict is over in 2 pages. This happens often and it feels a bit lacklustre for a story of this scale. As a result of this, it oftentimes felt like it was trying to achieve too much and that the conflicts were quickly solved to move onto the next one. Another criticism is that the romance felt massively out of place in the story and wouldn't have changed the plot any if it wasn't there at all. Every other character was fleshed out effectively in the sense that they all had things that made them independent but work well as a part of a team when needed, they each had ambitions and they felt real. I couldn't get a feel for Ead because of this. Of all the characters she was the one with the least development, despite the story following her the most.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Religious bigotry

Minor: Incest, Suicide, and Pregnancy

amschelly153's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

4.5

Good read overall, the pacing is a bit slower than its prequel though. I really enjoyed the character development and look forward to more journeys in this world!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

lemonyanne's review against another edition

adventurous 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

I NEED MORE OF THESE. I WANT A WHOLE HBO 8 SERIES SHOW ABOUT THIS. I LOVED IT. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Tender and loving lgbt relationships

queenkath32's review against another edition

adventurous tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

katievallin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? No

3.0

I liked the first 2/3 and then started to get bored because all of the essential questions were answered. I’ve never read a story this huge and complicated before, though, so maybe I just don’t like that kind of book. Also thought the romance wasn’t believable, 

and Ead got less interesting after she got into a relationship.

The writing was beautiful, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual content

filipa_maia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book just made its way in to my all time favorites.

Despite the heavy world-building, the long list of characters, the very different settings that are described, this book is extremely easy to read. You can easily fall in love with these characters even though you are constantly aware of their flaws.

In the end I was so scared that my favorite characters were going to die that I didn't want to finish the book. That's how much I started to like these fictional people (and non-people too).

I can't wait to read more stories in this world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity

crondeau_yvr's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Amazing story, but too many characters & long drawn out boring battle scenes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and War

Minor: Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

cj13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Classism

cozy_gremlin4's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

There's too much to say about this book. It's probably the best I've ever read so far, and definitely my favorite. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism