Reviews tagging 'Death'

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

415 reviews

beth_mullier's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective fast-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

vessel's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

The Beauty of the House is immesurable; its Kindness infinite.

This book was very interesting, though for me, a bit hard to get into. My personal issue was that due to attention problems, I found the protagonist's voice extremely difficult to read at times, since he tends to capitalize every word he finds important. This is excellent characterization, and I do not wish it was different, but it made getting into the groove more challenging for me.

It's a beautiful, achingly human story. I recommend borrowing or getting a physical copy if at all possible, because when the connections started connecting, I really wanted to flip back to look at stuff that was going on 50 pages ago in a new light, which was difficult with a digital copy. It's a lot of fun watching the mystery unfold.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Grief

Minor: Murder, Fatphobia, and Blood

amaris_everlasting's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Confinement and Kidnapping

sxndaze's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.

an absolute whirlwind 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Abandonment, Confinement, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Murder and Blood

kmetzing's review against another edition

mysterious slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death

kailanlovescats's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective slow-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? Yes

4.5

The first 20% of the book is fairly slow as it's setting up a mysterious otherworld. As mysteries start to emerge and unfold, it became impossible to put down and i ended up finishing the majority of it in a day!

This really wasn't at all anything what I expected the book to be. I'm so happy I went in fairly blind with this one as I was right along Piranesi in trying to uncover the truth of his life.

Despite the content warning tags, overall this book was so beautiful and mostly lighthearted. The way Piranesi revered the world in which he lived was like a breath of fresh air.

thank GOD he didnt die T.T

Even the aspects of death/remains in this book are treated with care and respectfulness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death and Slavery

Minor: Vomit, Excrement, and Gun violence

jomojobo's review against another edition

challenging hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death

Minor: Vomit and Gun violence

saskia_ej's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Death

thequeerestbookworm's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

Truly incredible book. I went in knowing almost nothing and was just blow away by how well written and beautiful it is.  A book I will definitely return to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Kidnapping

yokai_garden's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Kidnapping

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Gaslighting

Minor: Mental illness and Addiction