Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Will of the Many by James Islington

21 reviews

jdasilva's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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

It’s Stuart Little meets Divergent meets Hunger Games. I was holding my breath most of the book having no idea what was going to happen next. The world building was effective, the attention to detail, background, and side characters help build it all out. I almost took off 0.25 stars because I just want to know MORE but that’s the sign of a great book. I’ll be frozen and pondering until the next one comes out. Don’t read any spoilers or even the description, just buckle up and enjoy the ride. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Genocide, Death of parent, Child death, Gore, Body horror, War, Blood, Death, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Torture and Child abuse

Minor: Suicide, Physical abuse, and Grief

gaby_readsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

5.0

I loved every moment of this book, it kept me so invested. I loved Vis as a main character, he was so smart and capable. He had so much to overcome and he is such a strong character to follow. There are so many layers to this story and so many different plots to follow that I am very much looking forward to continuing this series, I hope the next book comes out soon!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Classism, Grief, and Death

badbadwolf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Medical trauma, Death, Body horror, Bullying, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Slavery, Vomit, War, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Murder, Blood, Classism, Forced institutionalization, and Suicide

jalexpulliamkepler's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Amazing! The best fantasy book I’ve read in a long time!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Gore, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Torture, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Genocide, War, Slavery, Classism, Suicide, and Sexism

Minor: Animal death

terrirankl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

ashley_bitton'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Wow. Just wow. I just… wow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Violence

hankhank's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

I'm only a casual fantasy reader, but after loving Babel last year on Book Tik Tok's recommendation, I decided to trust them on this rec, too, and oh my god, I'm so glad I did. The first section of the book feels like a conventional fantasy story, but as the pages creep up, the conventions start getting broken, the mysteries swiftly intensify, and the story gets more and more gripping. Up to the halfway mark, this was a 3 star read for me, but after the first 'WTF is actually going on' moment, I couldn't put this book down. I will be sleeping outside the bookshop for the second book's publication.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Death of parent, Grief, and Suicide

jennanaps's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Murder, Death, Body horror, Medical content, War, Child abuse, Colonisation, Gore, Grief, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

basementofbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Body horror, Colonisation, Grief, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

calmcozycorner's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Violence, Murder, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit and Physical abuse