Reviews tagging 'Death'

Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs

66 reviews

clairelisebella's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Abandonment, Body horror, Confinement, and Gaslighting

seasidedaisy's review

emotional 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

4.5

The first novel I read after a long time, I became really intrigued at the middle of the book. The beginning was rather slow but when the plot starts to roll it was hard to put the book down. I already predicted some of the twists but still sat there in awe at how beautifully every question got answered in the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Body horror

Moderate: Medical content and Death

jenhfultz's review

adventurous challenging dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Medical content

midsummernoodle's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.75

I loved this book. If blood makes you queasy then this one might be hard (it was sort of hard for me to get through those parts). But the bloody parts are more clinical than violent, so context helps. 

Beyond that content warning, I looooved this book. I immediately googled “does this book have a sequel?” because I just loved the characters so much and I want to continue to follow them. So far it is a standalone book (which is fine, there is no cliff hanger), but I hope the author writes more in this world. The magic system is very cool. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Grief, and Kidnapping

kodi_rae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense 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? No

4.0

Fun and unique cast of characters with easy to understand magic. It wrapped up a bit quick, in my opinion, but was still satisfying. I really enjoyed this and would read more if the author writes them!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Gun violence, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Confinement

cozy_tea_reader's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Gun violence, Animal death, Blood, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death of parent, and Medical trauma

Minor: Drug use, Grief, Medical content, Pregnancy, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Gore, Kidnapping, Confinement, Toxic relationship, and Classism

cassielaj's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This book took a little while to get going, but once it did I was super into it! The premise and plotting were super original and fascinating, and I loved the main characters. I also thought that Torzs’ use of multiple perspectives to push the plot along was expertly done. Some crazy plot twists in this one that i really liked. I was worried that the introduction of a romance would annoy me, but I think it was just minimal enough to introduce a good thing for the characters. Overall, a great exploration of power and who holds it, and of making your own path of the one set out for you isn’t suiting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Body horror, Death, Confinement, Medical content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence

navayiota's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Aggressively good. Saskia Maarleveld has incredible taste in books. If she's narrating it, i know it will be a banger. And she's amazing at what she does!
I really, really enjoyed this story. The plot twists made complete sense and I felt proud of myself whenever I managed to see one coming, the characters are lovable, (I want to give all our protagonists a hug) and the descriptions of sensations were vivid and visceral. I loved every moment. 
It was also a stunning portrayal of how people deal with trauma, especially trauma inflicted by one's primary caregivers. Excellent work!

My one critique would be that they struggled a bit with writing the 4-person conversation between Ester, Johanna, Nicholas and Collins where the 're trying to decide what to do with the wards. It felt forced and repetitive, and constantly reminded me of the fact that this is a story written by a person, and not just me being a fly on the wall for a real life conversation. I didn't notice this with any other conversation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Death of parent, Violence, Confinement, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Blood, Physical abuse, Stalking, Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Medical content, and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy

atamano'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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Murder and Grief

Minor: Gun violence and Abandonment

luunacy's review

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

I loved this story and would love to read more about th magical communities around the world if there was a sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Death of parent, Death, Body horror, Violence, and Kidnapping