Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Lirael by Garth Nix

9 reviews

imsoverycool's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

I really liked it, but

THERE WAS A CLIFFHANGER!!!

(And I haven't got the third book)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Genocide, Gore, and Child death

Minor: Cursing, Death of parent, and Abandonment

savvypotions's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Genocide

bearystarry's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Lirael still feels relatable even though I'm not 16 anymore. This is a lot darker than I remembered, and I did dnf this last year? Maybe the year before... but I'm glad I pushed through this time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Body horror, Xenophobia, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Blood

Moderate: Trafficking, Genocide, and Slavery

Minor: Incest

mads_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and Death

Minor: Deportation, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Genocide

hefftbundle's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

Not as eventful as Sabriel, and much slower paced. Still a great read. Lireal's arch is much more satisfying than Sam's,

but I'm hoping that changes now that he can up his actual role as a wall maker.

Really looking forward to Abhorsen!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War and Abandonment

Minor: Vomit, War, Murder, and Genocide

ran_sophia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

An amazing book that I read in one breath.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gore

Moderate: Grief, Genocide, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment and Bullying

icarly's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

I am in love with this book and this series. This is the fastest that I’ve read a physical book in a while and I’m just so engulfed in the story!

I usually save my opinions on characters until the end, but oh my god I loved Lirael so much. Sometimes, I felt like I was just reading more to get to another part that focused on Lirael. And this isn’t to say that I disliked Sam! He was a great character too but — LIRAEL <3

I’m not sure if her being Sabriel’s half-sister was supposed to be as obvious as it was (before she looked in the Dark Mirror, of course), but I had guessed it from the very beginning when she was suicidal.

Of course, that also had to do with her appearance and the fact that I was under the impression that this book was another story with Sabriel — seriously, the resemblance of the covers is uncanny! I HOPE he didn’t want it to be a big reveal because that would be rough.

At times, Nix’s writing can be a bit confusing, but that I think comes with all fantasy. One has to just allow themselves to be immersed into the world and not ask too many questions. Eventually, even if it takes a while, the world will begin to make sense. This was something I had to remind myself while reading this book because I had felt the same way while reading Sabriel. 

I was a bit disappointed to find out that there wasn’t really an ending to the story in this novel. Yes, it was confirmed that Lirael is Sabriel’s half-sister, but I was upset that some of the only action scenes came in the last section of the book (and the last chapters of that section!).

Regardless, this book was really excellent and I’m so excited to read the rest of the series!

Oh - and I love Lirael a lot, but the Disreputable Dog also has a place in my heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death and Genocide

Minor: War

howl's review

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

I love Mogget so much

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Genocide

bencaroline's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Slavery, Trafficking, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Kidnapping, and Self harm