Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Dance of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson

31 reviews

pageafter_paige's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I haven’t read any fantasy in a hot minute but I think this was a good one to read to get me back into it! I like how after the first 20 pages or so I was able to fully comprehend the fantasy world without much effort. I also love a dual POV and an enemies to lovers trope (also lowkey has the forbidden lovers thing)! 

It was definitely a slow burn romance wise. I think the book had a pretty good pace, maybe a little slow at some parts but not too bad. 

Honestly the thing that annoyed me the most was how the FMM being constantly described as an untouchable warrior but like we see she makes mistakes that seem a little obvious… maybe she blinded by love though so who am I to judge. 

Overall I liked Jase’s character a lot and hearing the history of his family was VERY interesting I almost wish there was a book on that! Kazi was also likable and gave me Inej vibes form Six of Crows (except Inej is actually untouchable lmao). I’ll be interested to see what happens with them in the second book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking, War, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Trafficking, Abandonment, Classism, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

marine2907's review

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Alcohol, Cursing, Drug use, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Body horror, Death of parent, Grief, Trafficking, Violence, War, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, and Sexual assault

kat1105's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Trafficking, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, and Drug use

Minor: Sexual content

braelynm_22's review

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

5.0

This was such a good book! The characters were created so well and the writing was really good. It was engaging and I didn't get tried of it. The plot twist at the end really shocked me and I love how Kazi is such a girl boss. 

"Blink last."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Child death and Torture

It does include a little segment where abduction does occur along with injuries that can be a bit descriptive.

autumnrh's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.75

This one almost got five stars from me. The writing is absolutely amazing in my opinion. I love the banter between the main characters and I also love their development a long the way. The only reason it didn’t get five stars was because I felt that there were too many things left unresolved. I know full and well there is a sequel but I just felt certain things could have been included in this novel instead of dragging it into the next one. I also felt the ending was a little out of nowhere like

in my opinion Kazi or Jase didn’t really portray that they still loved each other until the queen kind of played a hand in the situation, doing this felt them getting back together a little anti climatic to me so it was a tad frustrating

. I also absolutely loved the last chapter and how ominously it sets up the sequel!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death, Blood, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Grief, Torture, and Medical content

her's review

adventurous funny hopeful informative lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Classism, Excrement, Miscarriage, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Stalking, Torture, War, and Medical content

bentobookdragon11's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Violence, War, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, and Trafficking

Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual content, Medical content, Cursing, Torture, Child death, and Slavery

*kissing*

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Blood, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Trafficking, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Miscarriage

shannnne_reads_words's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Violence

Minor: Slavery, Trafficking, and Miscarriage

ttumbletree's review

adventurous emotional funny inspiring tense medium-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 of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Trafficking, Violence, Kidnapping, and Death

Minor: Miscarriage, Cursing, Terminal illness, Child death, War, Alcohol, and Torture