Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem

13 reviews

druzyquartz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Xenophobia, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Genocide, Murder, Racial slurs, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

blacksphinx's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Gore, Hate crime, Murder, Violence, Grief, Genocide, and Death

Moderate: War, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Child abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia and Kidnapping

manaledi's review

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.0

I'd heard good things and this was a good read. It was slow at first and fairly character driven for high fantasy. None of the elements - secret princess, morally grey prince, deadly challenges, rival territories - are particularly unique and yet it all comes together smoothly. A quibble in that the magic system is very poorly defined in terms on who can do what and how much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Colonisation, War, Torture, Murder, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Xenophobia, and Sexual content

marissareuther's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Murder, Racism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, and Physical abuse

booksthatburn's review against another edition

I might try this again later, but I paused and then forgot to go back to it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Genocide, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Murder, Death of parent, Mental illness, Ableism, Grief, and Cannibalism

meat_muffin'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Okay, OBSESSED. This might be my new City of Brass, not gonna lie. Can’t BELIEVE the second one isn’t out yet ☹️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Abandonment, Confinement, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Murder, Rape, Self harm, Torture, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Blood, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Incest, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, War, and Violence

Minor: Addiction and Animal cruelty

booknerderika's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense

3.75

I love morally gray characters and this gave me all of that in the love interest and the protagonist, however why did this have to be a colonizer romance? It didnt help that Arin was also white. 

I was waiting the whole book for

Sylvia to reveal her true identity, and it was so satisfying at the end

! That was probably my favorite part of the whole thing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

bookswithbethx's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Confinement, Death of parent, Torture, Sexual violence, Slavery, Murder, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Child abuse, Colonisation, Genocide, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Drug use, Violence, Vomit, and War

kbairbooks's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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

A huge thank you to the author, and publisher, for giving me an arc of this book in exchange for an honest review.

If you love N. Caceres and Chelsea Abdullah then you will LOVE Sara Hashem. This book was dark, cruel, and angry. But it was also a beautiful discovery that love is worthwhile, an incredible tale of friendship, and the most delicious slow burn I’ve come across in a while. The authors voice was so strong, the descriptions were so rich, and the world was so fleshed out. And Arin? UGH. YES. Everything about his, please and thank you. And that ending? PHEW!! I blew through it like my eyes were on fire and finishing the book was the fire extinguisher. SO GOOD. I can’t wait for book two!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Violence, Confinement, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, War, Blood, Genocide, Gore, Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Animal death, Body horror, Classism, Drug use, and Misogyny

n0elle's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, War, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia