Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin

46 reviews

wormgirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Death

Minor: Abandonment, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Grief, and Colonisation

aidareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Child death

Minor: Cannibalism

f18's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

Tempted to take away a star just for

just throwing away Best Character Lerna like that D: At minimum he deserved for Essun to be looking at him when it happened.

But I'm not that petty. I'm not...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Death, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Slavery

Minor: Pregnancy, Cannibalism, Child death, Colonisation, Vomit, Genocide, and Incest

alfarmer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

I don’t know what to say. This series was incredible. And devastating. And full of love and loss. I didn’t think I could love and hate every character in a story. Their flaws and reactions and lived experiences were expertly portrayed and I am not sure I will ever experience such whole characters again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Gore, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

tayindago's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, War, Blood, Cannibalism, and Violence

crybabybea's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

N.K. Jemisin, your freaking mind. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Medical content

nilssjoberg's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Body horror, Death of parent, Confinement, Child abuse, and Cannibalism

Minor: Pregnancy and Sexual content

utopiaandmelancholy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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

A masterful conclusion to the trilogy, giving explanations for so many of the questions set up in the first two books. I found one of the viewpoints a lot more confusing than the others, and felt it was less well woven-in than the previous books. However, the ending was satisfying in its (what I felt anyway) inevitability, with the full circle moments and

overall narrative framing device

. I think some of the best literature holds a mirror up to the world it is written in, humanising and allowing us to empathise better with others - this trilogy certainly does that, and I think this book is the most on the nose in this sense. I'm sad to be leaving this world behind, but will almost certainly reread in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, Violence, Genocide, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief and Child death

Minor: Pregnancy, Cannibalism, and Sexual content

abijmieds's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

I rarely give a final book 5 stars, but this book wrapped up the trilogy in such a memorable and satisfying way. You have to pay attention through the final third, but it really pays off.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Child abuse, Colonisation, and Death

Moderate: Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Grief, Murder, Child abuse, Violence, War, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Body horror, Grief, and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Cannibalism