Reviews tagging 'Death'

Year of the Reaper by Makiia Lucier

37 reviews

dvnjii's review

dark mysterious reflective tense

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Child death, Torture, and Terminal illness

Minor: War

shannnne_reads_words's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Violence, Death, and Murder

Minor: Infertility, Death of parent, Vomit, Blood, Child death, Animal death, Confinement, Torture, and War

queencariad's review

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? N/A

5.0

What an incredibly pleasant surprise this book was! I picked it up quite blindly (it was on my TBR but I couldn’t remember when I added it) and went into it without any expectations.

It had me HOOKED right from the start. The writing style is simple and to the point, a perfect balance between description and action, and you quickly find yourself unable to put the book down.

You get to the end of one chapter so quickly, and so many things happen, you just think… okay, one more! And one more!

Cas was a great main character with a lot of depths, and many side characters were quite fleshed out as well— Lena, Ventillas, even the Queen and King. Other side characters, who were more in the background, were just as pleasant.

I adored the relationship between Cas and his brother, Ventillas.

The political aspect woven with these investigation/true crime vibes were incredibly compelling.

Overall I wouldn’t say this book is groundbreaking in its plot or setting, especially considering I guessed the “big twist” but it is definitely executed in a way that felt quite refreshing to me.  I have no particular complaint and didn’t detect any notable flaw.

5 stars, without hesitation!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Death

renn_the_reader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Kidnapping

molls's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Death

maregred's review

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Torture, Medical trauma, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, War, Violence, Grief, and Xenophobia

Minor: Vomit, Homophobia, Blood, Abandonment, and Mental illness

kirstenf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Child death, Blood, Confinement, and Animal death

Moderate: War

Minor: Addiction

royalraspberry's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Terminal illness

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Child death, and Gore

Minor: War

sneakysnam's review

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture and Death

Minor: War, Death of parent, and Violence

thelibraryofalexandra's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Animal death