Reviews tagging 'Death'

Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman

67 reviews

kurumipanda's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Antisemitism, Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual violence, Violence, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Torture, Cannibalism, Classism, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Outing, War, Xenophobia, Rape, Pedophilia, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Infidelity, Self harm, Suicide, and Vomit

bxnnny's review against another edition

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

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

5.0

if you like souls-bourne games, you will probably love this book. i loved our main three characters and their complexities and felt very attached to them rather quickly. i felt that the writing and pacing were well done and kept me hooked throughout. i also enjoyed that it was not immediately clear what kind of horror we would see presented in this story, and when we finally do meet the real horrors, i was excited and even more hooked. i'm not a religious person but i loved this story and the vibe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Religious bigotry, Death, Body horror, and Homophobia

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

jjohnson265's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide, Death, Child death, and Death of parent

fleen's review against another edition

dark emotional tense

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, War, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Misogyny, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual assault, Death of parent, Rape, and Sexual content

staffal_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Torture, Death, and Murder

gremlingorl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

What. A. Book.
I feel like a need a second to sit here and stare off into the distance after finishing between two fires.

An incredibly written book with character dialogue that feels impressively natural and real, combat that is both interesting and makes sense, and a gorgeous, tense, excellent story. 

Characters feel so rich and alive, flawed and real. The world is incredibly interesting. Devils are horrifying and strange and so so creatively done. You can’t help but care deeply for all of it.

I don’t have the words to sing it’s praises but this is one of very few books I wish i could erase and read again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Homophobia, Death, Religious bigotry, and Vomit

Moderate: Rape, Sexual harassment, War, Animal death, Child death, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Xenophobia

The book takes place during the black plague so expect a lot of death and decay described in graphic detail

emilyharmonica's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Vomit, Sexual assault, Torture, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Cursing, Excrement, Grief, Homophobia, Violence, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, War, Pedophilia, Gore, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

fractalyin's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Alcohol, Blood, Animal cruelty, Torture, Misogyny, Cursing, Murder, Excrement, Gore, Antisemitism, Vomit, Homophobia, Death, Violence, Cannibalism, and Body horror

andrewerath's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is truly one of the best books I’ve ever read. On top of being really truly frightening, it is one of the greatest books about forgiveness and love I’ve had the privilege of reading. 

Everything is nailed here. No one is underwritten. It’s just dripping with beauty and depth. Run don’t walk to pick this up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Sexual content, Murder, Gore, and Death

rachelunabridged's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

Fantastic read + definitely a new favorite for me! The plot and characters were amazing, and I loved every second I spent with this book. Can now say that I am a huge fan of medieval horror and obsessed with Christopher Buehlman's writing. He does an amazing job developing characters that the reader WILL get attached to, which is a huge reason why this story was such a hit for me. I found myself really caring about each of the main characters and invested in their personal journeys alongside the main plot. Just fantastic writing overall. Highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys horror, but especially if you're interesting in historical horror!

Also, I feel like I have to mention the fact that this book is heavily influenced by Christianity, but you don't have to be religious to enjoy it. I'm an agnostic atheist and didn't have any issues with the content. It's clearly just supposed to be a work of fiction that has themes that are relevant to the time period in which it takes place. The author doesn't try to push any beliefs off on the reader so, if this is a concern, you can relax and treat this as any other work of horror fiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Death, Gore, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, and War