Reviews tagging 'War'

The Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty

44 reviews

_forestofpages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

The perfect ending to this incredible epic tale. I loved it all, literally everything. 

All the characters arcs complete and in such satisfying ways. And not to mention even the marid and shaffit got their dues. I was so surprised by Dara's ending and the alternate epilogue gave me such joy.

I love this trilogy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Death, War, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Blood, Slavery, Murder, Death of parent, and Body horror

dreadspawn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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: War, Slavery, Gore, Genocide, Violence, Death, Torture, Grief, Murder, Death of parent, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

lindsayorme's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and War

dilibertorebecca's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

I loved the arc of this final book in the larger daevabad narrative. I especially loved the descriptions of the

marid realm and the peris and all the other magical creatures

that had been legend in the two prior books. This part of the story is epic, there is so much movement and magic and there are times when I really thought how is she going to end this cleanly? My main critique is that Manizheh is a somewhat boring villain, vengeance for her tribe didn’t seem like enough of an alibi for

murdering a fifth of the city and using torture and murder and blood magic to hold onto power.

Otherwise, truly enjoyed being absorbed in this world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Slavery

mmelibertine's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Animal death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, War, and Slavery

sofiadanielle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

AH. The end of the Daevabad Trilogy..

It’s been quite the ride, I will say. The length of the book was daunting, and took me a bit to get through, but god am I glad that I did. 

I do think this book was the best end to the trilogy, jam packed with twists and turns, action, heartache; never a dull moment, easily. I have so much love for some of the characters, that it hurts to say goodbye to them/this story. But, again, I am so content with this ending. 

S.A. Chakraborty, the person you are to write Middle Eastern fantasy… Chef’s kiss. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, and Confinement

book_gremlin42's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Slavery, Self harm, Racism, Murder, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

bobbyeight's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

Nobody talk to me I am unwell

(But also thank you Shannon for writing these books. They mean the world to me.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, War, Violence, Blood, Slavery, Torture, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Racism

alixcalfa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Violence, Sexual violence, and War

rheagoveas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, War, and Blood