Reviews tagging 'Death'

Prison Healer - Die Schattenheilerin by Lynette Noni

143 reviews

chamaeleontis's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This book was great. It had so many amazing, and natural plot twists. I only guessed 1 of them, and part of 2 others. Nothing was set up that wasn't followed through on. The characters are all 3D, and morally realistic, which I personally really enjoyed. That's not even to mention the writing. Lynette Noni's style is spectacular. It flows so naturally, and is very enjoyable.

The one nit-picky thing was a plot point I personally didn't like, which is why it's 4.75, rather than 5.

It bothered me that we never got to know Tilda despite her being right there. I would have had a problem with it regardless of her being Kiva's mom, but that made it more frustrating. In the same vein, I get why it was done, but I feel that there could have at least been one full sentence exchanged

I would highly recommend this book for anyone who loves fantasy but is sick of repetitive plots. There's a few common tropes, but they are well done, with unique takes. I'm really looking forward to the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

gottheart's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-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

5.0

I picked this book up last year sometime because it looked good and I saw some hype about it. I didn’t get around to reading it until now but wow! What an intense and twisty story! The ending had my sitting there questioning life and desperately needing the second book. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes dark fantasy!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, and Blood

Moderate: Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, and Death of parent

corabookworm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

- pretty fast paced, lots of action/conflict 
- didn’t require much thought or mind energy to read
- plot was interesting enough
- characters and romance was eh, didn’t feel super connected to them but reading it wasn’t torture 
- VERY predictable plot twists

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide

lbj_beth's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Self harm

lbryant's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Blood and War

Minor: Addiction

grets_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Well damn!! That was an emotional roller-coaster. But a good one! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Addiction and Self harm

As the name suggests, set in a prison

allisonisabel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful 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? No

4.75

Only lost .25 pts because I saw every twist coming. Except for the very last one, which I only got because I accidentally saw a line from the last page, but everything else I predicted. Otherwise, fully fully enjoyed this story and the captivating writing

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Self harm, and Blood

Minor: Violence

maregred's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

sienas_books's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

khloereads86's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Confinement, Death, Rape, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury