Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Obsidio by Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman

34 reviews

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad tense 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: No

It was a fucking rollercoaster of emotions. 

It's funny how this series has a killcount beyond measure, but they are able to make every death meaningful. It hurts, even if you'd never met the characters before. 

Its astounding, that there are so many villains in this series, and I can't hate any of them. Their deaths hurt, too. 

I can't remember reading a book, let alone a series with this quality through all parts, that makes me laugh and cry and thrashing and crying again, and that was able to catch me for all those endless pages. 

I'm exhausted. I found my new holy grail. And I'm grateful for my book bestie, who recommended it to me. I'll read anything you say from now on without question. 

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Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book actually wrecked me for really no good reason? I loved the conclusion and thought everything was well done and tied together. The commentary on war was really good. I loved all the characters and their relationships and interactions. 

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Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense 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: Complicated

A stunning finale.

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Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I thought the format of this series was really unique and engaging, and the plot was great. I do feel like the writing was poor and the format took away some aspects of books that I often really enjoy though, such as character development. The writing felt like it was written by a gen X or millennial trying to appeal to a gen Z audience, and it felt kind of inauthentic 

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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prynne31's review

3.75
adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It was a very compelling read, and there was lots of stuff I liked, but the themes were very dark and made the tone shift sometimes discordant. Most triggering book of the series for me.

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Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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kwthor's review

4.0
adventurous emotional hopeful tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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