Reviews tagging 'Death'

Svart storm by Rebecca Yarros

909 reviews

readbycarina's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, War, Injury/Injury detail

kirstencholewa's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

via43's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, War

ash31's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional funny 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, War

Moderate: Death, Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Cursing

hannahlivinglife's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death

alexandria_sandoval's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

blogger_beth's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Grief

shaleen64's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional 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: Complicated

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Whilst out of the three books so far this is my least favourite (due to the heavy focus on world building and lineage) I still looked forward to reading every chapter.

This book follows Violet, and the wider cast, as they look for a cure for Xaden and a method to defeat the Venin overall. This sees them travel across the continent and the smaller isles, hence the focus on world building. 

Through this we do get to understand Violets parents better, and the actions they took to protect the Sorrengail siblings. 

The ending once again left us on a cliffhanger, arguably the most infuriating of all. I hope the next two books give the ending Violet and Xaden deserve.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Violence, Fire/Fire injury

mararast's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

comeherecupcake's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I have several complaints with this book. The biggest being that pacing felt really off: the first half dragged, then about a quarter of it was great, and then the last quarter was SO rushed! I really enjoyed the journey through the isles; that was my favorite part, and the best paced. I was very confused by the ending at first, but after some research I think I better understand what the last sentence is implying. My other big complaint is that I didn't feel like the stakes

(and urgency of Xaden turning venin)

were high enough until the very end. Overall I did enjoy the story, but I'm glad it'll be a while before the next book is out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness