Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

50 reviews

danasaur's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Alcohol, Medical content, Mental illness, Violence, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Police brutality

Moderate: Gore, Sexism, Stalking, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Classism, Grief, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Murder, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Police brutality, Violence, War, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Addiction, Confinement, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Ableism, Bullying, Cursing, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, War, and Suicidal thoughts

cmbossy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Grief, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Addiction, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, and Rape

This book spans from tragic and nauseating to lighthearted and witty. I’d say that it is not the most descriptive but can still be very heavy.

bookwyrm242's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, Violence, Sexism, Death of parent, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Drug use, and Grief

micaelamariem's review

adventurous challenging slow-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? No

3.0

This book started out incredibly slow. I was almost ready to DNF (jk I don’t DNF) but then the main character got to university and it finally got interesting. 
I do think the writing could have been more concise, there was no reason this had to be 700 pages. But the academia, conflict, magic, and desires were definitely compelling. The reveal at the end that I proudly predicted will be the main thing that keeps me going through the series. I would say this is an okay read, and perhaps good for fans of thick “hard fantasy” novels with lots of descriptions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Classism, Alcohol, Violence, Blood, and Death

karwc's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Medical content, Drug abuse, Death, Drug use, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Abandonment

silentquercus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Child abuse

Moderate: Violence, Drug use, and Injury/Injury detail

aidareads's review against another edition

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

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

4.75

im gonna bite my arm off

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Moderate: Drug use and Addiction

ririslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

Me ha gustado la forma en la que está narrado el libro, incluso si a veces se hace extremadamente lento.
El protagonista es un "héroe" [(bastante) impaciente] al que no le sale casi nada bien.

Creo que lo único que no me acaba de gustar es la visión de los personajes femeninos.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Violence, Bullying, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction

leonormsousa's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Would give it 4 stars but there were a few misogynistic parts that didn't sit well with me.
Will I read the sequel: likely but not a priority since the third book hasn't come out yet.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Body horror, Death of parent, Murder, Addiction, Death, Blood, Bullying, Sexism, Violence, Animal death, Drug abuse, and Gore

madmadmaddymad's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Oh my god, it took me WAY too long to read this incredible book. I’m kicking myself for leaving this on my TBR for as long as I did. What an amazing, well crafted story. I particularly enjoyed the split perspective, with interludes in the tavern. 

I also have the hugest crush on Bast, woah. That final chapter was a whirl. He captured my heart way back when he first revealed himself as fae - and then he tore it into tiny pieces and taped them back together in letters that spelled “I heart Bast” when he used his full Fae form to be all threatening to the Chronicler. Also, do I ship Bast x the Chronicler? What? Shhh this book was so much fun but wow am I invested in the interlude side characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, and Grief