Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien

8 reviews

jakepasseri's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

While the prose can be almost biblical and dense, leading to a tough reading experience initially, push past it and youll genuinely find both some of the greatest writing and stories written. Truly a masterpiece

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, and Torture

Minor: Incest, Child death, Slavery, and Fire/Fire injury

judassilver's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

• 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Torture, Death, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Grief, War, and Suicide

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Incest, Racism, Slavery, Animal death, Colonisation, and Murder

Minor: Pregnancy, Child death, and Sexual harassment

pejms's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Classism, War, and Genocide

Moderate: Xenophobia, Violence, Colonisation, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Blood, Child death, and Grief

Minor: Incest, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Torture, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Toxic relationship

This recounts the history of an entire fantasy world, and all the hardships that its people go through. There is a lot that happens, a whole lot.

aisabel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Animal death, Death of parent, War, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Kidnapping, Genocide, Toxic relationship, Incest, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Confinement

Minor: Colonisation, Torture, Suicide, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Child death, Self harm, Pregnancy, Gore, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Slavery, Rape, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Incest

darkefyres's review

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Child death

chickentenderness's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful reflective sad fast-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

5.0

My forever fave. Grief is ever present but hope is eternal. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Death, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Death of parent, Sexual violence, War, Incest, Abandonment, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

erynlasbelin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Incest, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Dementia, and Pregnancy

novelyon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

idk if the gods trapped MY boyfriend outside the world i'd ruin their day too. sauron did nothing wrong...besides getting into a toxic relationship 😔

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Incest, Kidnapping, Murder, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Pregnancy, Rape, and Slavery