Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Praetorian Trials by N.E. Davenport

57 reviews

emerentina's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense

• 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: Injury/Injury detail, War, Bullying, Murder, Torture, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexism, Body horror, Blood, Miscarriage, Death, Violence, Racial slurs, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Medical content, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

lesliehirgelt's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Death of parent, Sexism, Racial slurs, Violence, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism

Moderate: Classism, Alcohol, and Cannibalism

Minor: Toxic friendship

ajalexanderreadsromance's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Torture, Racism, War, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Classism, Grief, and Misogyny

Minor: Sexism and Death

cass_cgallegos's review against another edition

This book details violence very vividly. I think the storyline is good, and the characters are very well written, but I can’t stomach the descriptions of mangling and death. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Cannibalism, Blood, Murder, Body horror, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Classism, Cursing, Death of parent, Hate crime, and Racial slurs

bronteysbooks's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Violence, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Misogyny and Grief

maresuju's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Sexual content, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Deadnaming, Physical abuse, War, and Sexism

Minor: Colonisation, Genocide, Death of parent, Cannibalism, and Torture

fleur____'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Grief, Murder, Racism, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, War, Cannibalism, Classism, and Sexism

Minor: Slavery

anna_333's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

Wtf have I read and why did I like it? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Bullying, Religious bigotry, Grief, Blood, Gore, Racial slurs, Cannibalism, Death, and Racism

Moderate: War, Slavery, Violence, and Torture

This is definitely not ya. Be prepared for graphic and intense content.

sahramahtab's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-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

5.0

I’m simply speechless. This was a stunningly written book that is a guaranteed emotional roller coaster. The way it dealt with racism, misogynoir, sexism and their intersection with certain privileges was perfectly executed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

booksandcurlz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

I seriously loved this book and feel like it deserves more praise and more eyeballs. 

What I ❤️

♥️ Ikenna - she was intelligent, cunning, but also have issue with restraint and always let the anger get the best of her.

♥️ Reed - he was loyal, fair, with a high EQ, willing to admit he was wrong and always knew when to apologize for it.

♥️ The trials - 😮‍💨 The trials were BRUTAL, and what Ikenna went through WOW

♥️ The political maneuvering - how the Tribunals conspired, the incident at the Khanai kingdom, what happened in the trials (what really happened)
♥️ All the action, there was a great amount of action and that kept my attention. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Misogyny, Violence, Grief, and Racism

Moderate: War

Minor: Injury/Injury detail