Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty

120 reviews

breadwitchery'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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Slavery, Religious bigotry, and War

Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, Cursing, Rape, Vomit, and Pregnancy

nina90's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, and Murder

imds's review against another edition

• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Outing, War, and Classism

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

stephaniemcuervo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Rape

relin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cursing, Hate crime, Self harm, Outing, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, and Xenophobia

laurareads87's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

5.0

The City of Brass has been on my TBR for way too long: it's been recommended to me many times by folks whose reading preferences I trust, but I just never got around to it until now.  I'm so glad I did -- I ended up buying the sequel before finishing.  This has everything I look for in a fantasy series: political intrigue and scheming, compelling magic, multi-POV storytelling, solid world-building, high stakes maneuvering, and characters who are all ethically ambiguous at best.  Definitely recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Rape, and Sexual assault

growintogardens's review against another edition

dark slow-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

2.0

I'm pretty sure that other than Emma (which took years before picking it up again), this is the longest I've ever taken to read a single book. I struggled with what to rate this and I know I'm in the minority, but the bad outweighs the good for me. That said, I'm invested enough to see how the tale continues and might read the next book. 

Good: Muslim characters and setting that aren't often seen, okay worldbuilding, interesting ideas. Nahri and Ali's interactions really made the last 35% of the book for me. 

The Okay: The ending was solid yes, but a lot of it was foreshadowed or predictable so I'm not sure why many reviews are raving about it. I disliked Ali a lot in the beginning, but I think he went through the most change in the end and I warmed up to him a bit. There's a hint of lgbtq rep. Nahri's background and beginning of the tale was interesting, far more interesting than the neverending travel chapters. Nahri was a bit of a mixed bag for me.

Bad: I disliked the "romance" and despite the length, it still felt like instaromance. I had a lot issues with Dara and liked him less as the book continued. This book dragged like no other book I've ever read. It feels like at least 80 pages could have been scrapped or edited down and it wouldn't have really changed the story. The war and the background I felt like should have been explained better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death, Slavery, Blood, and War

hanz's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

laurenkimoto's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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

I do love some political intrigue fantasy 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Slavery, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail