Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

668 reviews

sleepycatlady's review

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

vitoxiii's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Physical abuse

Moderate: Racism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Transphobia

phan_boy's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Interesting magic and world building. Great characters and character development. The plot is emotional and impactful. Overall this is one of the best fantasy stories I have read in a while

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Racism, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Hate crime and Sexual content

Minor: Bullying and Cannibalism

maryellen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

zoebbles's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

tash9's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Mental illness

Minor: Slavery, Xenophobia, and Cannibalism

witcheep's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual content and Pregnancy

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Vomit, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Colonisation

ninabest's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Murder, and Abandonment

mizz_mack's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Book Contains: On Page Sex (Not Graphic), Explicit References to Child Sexual Abuse, On Page Physical Abuse of  Child, Sexual Abuse/Corrosion, Internalized Prejudice (though I don't go into depth at all in this review tbh)

I had a real good time with this book, so much so that I'm still lowkey processing it. I've got so many thoughts and questions (so I may come back an edit this review, who knows).

One thing I really enjoyed was the writing style. It was simple and easy to follow, though certain concepts did take me a while to understand, but that doesn't mean it didn't have depth. It really helped pull me through the character's emotions and everything they were experiencing. It made all the terrible, terrible actions that happened hit harder in my opinion. I will say that the 2nd person parts of the but never really clicked with me, though the reveal made me appreciate them all the more.

Following the journey of Damaya, Syenite, and Essun was ultimately really fantastic. I enjoyed all the characters though some of them were simply there for set up for future books I feel, like Tonkee. But that didn't bother me since I'm excited for the other books in the series! If characters similar to Tonkee don't play a bigger role in the story then I'll think that was a misstep tbh.

As I stated I'm still processing some of the stuff from this book and I might re-read/listen to it to get an even better, more solid feel.

I listened to the audiobook on Spotify and the narrator was amazing the whole way through. I thought the way they handled the dialogue and all of the character voices was great, and really brought the text to life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Physical abuse

References to Child Sexual Abuse. I consider when 2 of the main characters

Syenite and Alabaster

go through as Sexual Abuse/Corrosion though others may not.

lillelow's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Intriguing story with solid world-building, rich history, and well-developed cultures and social structures that bring the setting to life. The characters are well-fleshed out, realistic, and their relationships evolve naturally - although I can’t help but wondering how many bad things can realistically happen to a person. The depicts a cruel world with lots of death, trauma, and jarring imagery on many different levels. While I guessed some of the supposed big reveals early on, there was still plenty to decode, and I’m sure much will only make full sense when reading the second novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Hate crime, Slavery, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Classism