Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne

93 reviews

dani_reis's review

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and War

i_write_on_occasion's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Interesting worldbuilding with a lot of potential, but is unfortunately pulled down by its lack-luster characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Slavery, and Kidnapping

givemedatangst's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

kristinajoy07's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Death, Gore, Slavery, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

meowster18's review

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

This book was a journey that I was willing to go on from page one. This was beautifully written. Entirely immersive. I felt everything from the love of Thorkiel to war of the Battle-Grime and Bloodsworn, To Orka’s pain and rage, and lastly Varg’s and Elvar journey to discovery and Battle-Fame. A must read. The ending had me gasping and yelling “no f-ing way!”. Can’t wait to sink my teeth into the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War

Please look up trigger warnings for this book. It is very gorey

hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

sinaprst's review

adventurous dark funny tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

this was ngl one of the best fantasy books I've ever read!

the plot, the lore, the characters, the monsters, the magic, the fighting, all of it is just amazingly written and really sucks you into this beautiful and compelling but deadly world, where nothing and noone ever feels save... 

... and the ending just leaves you wanting for more! 

(the beginning was a bit slow though, which is the only reason why I'm not rating this 5 stars)

recommended reading ambience: https://youtu.be/ERW4uLhNoH8?si=9qcRSMORewkBwLev

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Torture, and Kidnapping

sher_lostinabook's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

ohloulou's review

adventurous dark 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content

theo221's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery and Grief