Reviews tagging 'Death'

Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig

231 reviews

_meganrose's review against another edition

5.0

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

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This was absolutely captivating. Had me on my toes the whole time and I didn’t want to put it down, especially once I got to the halfway mark. Loved being able to see the different perspectives in this and loved this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gore, Torture, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

sxndaze's review against another edition

4.5

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

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My darling, you’ve always had a choice.

an incredible sequel and an incredible duology. the mutilple povs give us so much more to digest and understand and while it took me a bit to get into elm’s story (not him though as i do adore his character), it comes together beautifully in the end.

everything is wrapped up beautifully and maybe too neatly, but im a sucker for happy endings and don’t crave angst too much.

the nightmare is my favourite and his banter with everyone is fantastic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence

Minor: Child death, Alcohol

bethann_coleates's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

ivykennerauthor's review against another edition

5.0

emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail

oxfordcommas91's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

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I love a duology because it moves the story along but gives you enough time to delve into the important aspects of the plot. This book was a satisfying conclusion to the story of Elspeth, Ravyn, the Nightmare and the whole cast of characters working to try to unite the deck of Providence cards and save Blunder from the encroaching fog. I really liked that we got to dive more into Ione and Elm's stories and their unique motivations alongside the stories of Elspeth and Ravyn. Tying all these storylines together gave us a better insight into the history of the Providence Cards and makes for a very rewarding outcome. The last 100 pages were tense - I blew through the back half of this book because I needed to know what would happen as time was running short. A truly enjoyable series and would recommend it to folks looking for a dark/gothic fantasy that you can tackle in a short amount of time with a romance sub-plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

tmwarner_1994's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Y'all. I'm wrecked. I finished the duology that I never wanted to end. Both of these books have my heart. I don't think I will ever stop thinking about them. I don't normally binge read books because I grow tired, but I had to binge read these. I couldn't help myself. I never wanted to leave this world.

Be wary.
Be clever.
Be good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship

tabea1409's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

theresamothinmyroom's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture

dani794's review against another edition

4.0

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The Nightmare is such an attention whore like bro lives for the drama

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Violence

miss_berry315's review against another edition

5.0

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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Don't yield. Don't. Fucking. Yield.

I can't express how much I love this book and this duology. 
I laughed, I cried, I had my heart filled with hope, and joy, and love, and then had it ripped out and stomped on repeatedly before it was picked up again and healed. 
I could go on forever about how wonderful these characters are, and how beautifully they fit into such an amazing and perfectly done story. 
These are characters I will hold close to my heart forever. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Alcohol

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content