Reviews tagging 'Death'

Lore by Alexandra Bracken

222 reviews

savannahsparrowlit's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Torture

cyndi1966's review

adventurous challenging inspiring mysterious reflective 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: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual assault, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

kherridwyn's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abandonment

bumblingbee03's review

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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Genocide, Gun violence, Torture, Vomit, and Alcohol

fadeddpages's review

adventurous

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

tmook's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense

3.75

“By the gods—sea, fire, and women are the three evils.” (p. 443).

Dark throughout, but a happy ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Self harm, Sexism, Terminal illness, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Pedophilia

ladyasteria's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Sexual assault

leni_bxu's review against another edition

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

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

mkmusicmaniac's review

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.5

Takes the fun out of a fast paced book to keep having to check names and people but Lore is a BA. Book club April ‘24

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

xlilux's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Loved it, one of the few books I read recently that I couldn't set aside

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder