Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

81 reviews

eevee314's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful fast-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

3.5

The world in the story was the strongest point, 2nd would be the few honest laughs I got from the dialogue. The plot was simply go to the place, do the thing, go to the place, do the thing which got repetitive. The writing style itself was also repetitive, and somehow clipped. It never got into a flow and enjoyable flow.

Narration performance was good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Self harm

Multiple animals are killed by the antagonist as part of their magic. While appropriate within the story and the wold, is still a bummer

pipkins973's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexism, and Gaslighting

theirgracegrace's review

adventurous mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Slavery, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

f18's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Death, and Violence

Minor: Gore, Racism, Sexism, and Suicide

catsandbookspluspup's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Emotional abuse

paolina's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

That was a lot of fun to read. While it did follow a lot of myth tropes, the characters' individual actions and dialogue were unexpected enough to make it refreshing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, and Colonisation

kelseynakano's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Blood

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Physical abuse, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

aoifestardust's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-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

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Suicide, and Blood

Minor: Animal cruelty

bitterseason's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Misogyny

Minor: Racism

elizlizabeth's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

4.5

This is my first book by SMG and I'm in love with the way she writes, this is exactly what I would've wanted to read as a teen obsessed with urban fantasy. It's obvious and appreciated that the author did her research before writing, plus the love story is woven so beautifully with the actual plot that it's compelling without taking over the action. The ending is bittersweet but so, so satisfactory and the characters and character growth is beyond anything I've read in a while. 5 stars!
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Revisiting after a recent re-read (2022): It is a brilliant story and I love the ending, although the timeline and flow of the story could've done with some editing to make it run seamlessly. 
As for the romance, I still think there's something there but at times it can feel forced especially because it tends to fade to the background when not needed for plot purposes. I also think it tends to conflate love with lust but eh that's just me being nitpicky.
I would still recommend it and think it's great for people who like urban fantasy but would like to see other mythologies represented.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse