Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Vow of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson

15 reviews

pageafter_paige's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

4.75

Honestly the only thing holding me back from a full 5 stars is that there were a lot of characters to keep track of sometimes and my brain isn’t always great at that. 

When say there were lots of characters I mean like Game of Thrones vibes* and like also with the politics and the twists and high stakes of it all. I really really enjoyed the political plot which is not something I usually like. I was LIVINGGG for the romance between Kazi and Jase! 

I think this one really outdid the first one and I’m very happy I read it. If you are gonna read this duology I’d definitely recommend reading them either back to back or close together just because I think that would’ve helped me with keeping track of the characters.

I want a full book of Greyson and Miandre post vault because I love reading their little quotes about the “before” and something else I love about these books is how it’s seems to be set in the future because the make references to “the before” that are things/constructs we have now


*im talking the show because I haven’t read the books so idk

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Child death, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Slavery, Violence, War, Confinement, Sexism, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Torture, Genocide, Gun violence, Abandonment, and Grief

victoria_elaine's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? No

3.75

Love this duology and love Kazi and Jase, but let’s be real the first book was def better.

Jase and Kazi being kidnapped for half the book was not giving. Love Synove and Mason at the end tho and super cute ending with some nice closer (other authors TAKE NOTE).

Still recommend for some finality after DoT, though :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Blood, Physical abuse, Murder, Violence, Grief, and Gore

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Child death and Pregnancy

missgarceau's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

Honestly, I found the whole “blackface” as a main plot point- to be both racially insensitive & completely unnecessary. It completely ruined the book for me, and made me resent reading this book. 

Having finished this Duology I find I have more criticisms than compliments. For this particular genre & themes explored, it gets a solid C- at best. It’s not something I will be recommending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Genocide, Slavery, Murder, Racial slurs, Stalking, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical trauma, Racism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Classism, Death of parent, Gore, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

kat1105's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Torture, War, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Alcohol

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, War, Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Torture

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol, Gore, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, War, Grief, Child death, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual content, Medical content, and Sexual violence

her's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Grief, Physical abuse, Violence, Child death, and Death

Minor: Trafficking, Medical content, Violence, Confinement, Gaslighting, Blood, Cursing, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

mads_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Child death, and Death of parent

bujo_bellel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring 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

3.25

Tbh didn't really like it that much, I like trc more and dot was better imo

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Confinement, Grief, and Child death

Minor: Death of parent and Pregnancy

faithmari's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Child death and Blood

Minor: Death of parent