Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Knot of Shadows: A Penric & Desdemona Novella in the World of the Five Gods by Lois McMaster Bujold

9 reviews

dagsywagsy43's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Child death

iaraya's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, and Child death

sylda's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Child death

Moderate: Animal death and Suicide

Minor: Suicide attempt

note the warnings for suicide and suicide attempt refer to different instances: a suicide in the past is significant to the mystery and Penric makes a very brief reference to his attempt at suicide before Masquerade in Lodi

kimu's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

3.0

I love this series but this story just didn’t click for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

local_hat's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

This one always makes me cry.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Suicide

gracecrandall's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Child death

Moderate: Suicide, Animal death, and Terminal illness

jakegray's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Child death

Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt

welkinvault's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

When I picked it up I actually thought I had read it before as it was so similar to the beginning of another in the series.  I thought this was going to be a horror, but it ended up being tragic and sad.  

Not my favourite in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

cedardleland's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

This is by far the darkest of the Penric and Desdemona books

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death