Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Year of the Reaper by Makiia Lucier

12 reviews

dvnjii's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Child death, Torture, and Terminal illness

Minor: War

shannnne_reads_words's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Violence, Death, and Murder

Minor: Infertility, Death of parent, Vomit, Blood, Child death, Animal death, Confinement, Torture, and War

kirstenf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Child death, Blood, Confinement, and Animal death

Moderate: War

Minor: Addiction

royalraspberry's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Terminal illness

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Child death, and Gore

Minor: War

mirificmoxie's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Medical trauma, and Blood

Minor: Infertility, Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Drug use

brimelick's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was phenomenal. This will definitely be on my 2022 top 5 list. I felt like I stepped back into my old Runescape game. Much like the author, I was always fascinated with stories of the plague from the medieval age. Lucier captures the world and the people and what life was like for them. The main character suffered from the plague and can see the spirits of those who passed and adding that into the story, grabs the reader by the heart and can be incredibly emotional at times. The story of love and loss and what family would do for each other in the time of plague and war mixed with humor was done so incredibly well. I'd be interested to see if anyone else saw Henry Cavil's Geralt in Cassiopeus and Jaskier in Bittor, because that duo was just iconic. Her mix of LGBTQ+ and romance in the narrative was done so well and made it so realistic within the story. I will absolutely be purchasing other novels written by Makiia.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

bookwormbullet's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Death, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent and Child death

andromeda_1998's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was one of my favorite  books I’ve found in my fairyloot boxes. I liked reading this a lot. This is one of those books that grabs you and een you start this book, you just have to finish it. It was a very fun read.

Characters
Cas/Cassia was a really sweet but broken character. I really liked him for a male lead. Throughout the book you get more glimpses of the past and well this boy deserved a better life. Reading about his trauma and the way he tries to find his own happiness is sad and hopeful ad the same time.

Luna is also a fun character. I love the scene in which they meet! There friendship feels very natural and I love the way it is written.

Worldbuilding
Makiia Lucier kept the world basic, understandable and she explained just enough for it to work. The story is short and more worldbuilding would not have worked for this book. It’s very well done.

Story
The story has some darker elements, which I like. I like it when fantasy books include these darker elements and I feel like they belong in this story. I have questions about the choice to give Cas the power or curse to see ghost. We don’t really get information that explains why he can see them and I feel like it wasn’t really necessary for the story. I liked the element but I would have preferred more of an explanation.

Writing
The storytelling is amazingly done. The writings is beautiful but not over complicated. It’s a book that most people can read without problems. Which is good! 

I would recommend this book to ya readers and especially the readers that are just starting to read in English. This story works for everyone but remember to always check the triggerwarnings first. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Abandonment, Confinement, Death, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Physical abuse, Infertility, and Grief

h_reads98's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Slavery, Violence, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

Minor: War, Sexism, Mental illness, and Confinement

mmackoy's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Death of parent and Child death