Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

La reina de los condenados by Anne Rice

5 reviews

bolivianrash's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Genocide, Grief, Dysphoria, Murder, Slavery, Toxic relationship, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Cannibalism

Minor: Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Sexism, Misogyny, Body horror, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, and Child death

jelliestars's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Blood, Body horror, Death, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Torture, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Incest, Sexism, Genocide, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Colonisation, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Mass/school shootings, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Abortion, Car accident, Gun violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Chronic illness, Excrement, Hate crime, Slavery, Xenophobia, Medical content, Racism, War, and Suicidal thoughts

citrusandwords's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gore, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Torture

lnolen01's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, Genocide, Murder, Gore, Blood, Body horror, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Death of parent

meganpbennett's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

3.5

Like other Anne Rice novels, The Queen of the Damned is difficult to rate. It's a collection of perspectives and has multiple narrators. It starts both more than 6000 years before the ending of The Vampire Lestat, a few days before, and the next morning, depending on where you start, and who's talking.

The Queen of the Damned explains the story of Akasha, and how vampires came into being. It also teases and finally tells The Story of the Twins, setting up the climactic scene between Akasha and those who stand against her. It also introduces the Talamasca to the Vampire Chronicles, something that will be important in later books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Body horror

Minor: Death of parent