Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland

55 reviews

jennipea382's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Misogyny, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Classism

Minor: Addiction, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Vomit, Police brutality, Toxic friendship

pmessify's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

garbage_mcsmutly's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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📚 So this is book 1 in a series that's not finished yet, just as an fyi, so the ending is a little bit cliffhanger-y. But it still manages to wrap up a bunch of the book's plot lines by the end of this book. It was an enjoyable action-adventure story set in a fantasy world.

🎧 1st person POV, multiple (6) perspectives/narrators. I really enjoyed everyone's performances.

🌶️ 1.5/5 There are a few vague references to sexual things having happened behind closed doors but there's nothing on page. 

🏳️‍🌈✊ The world of the book appears to be queer normative. 2 of the MMCs are together. The other MCs couple off m/f. The fantasy world is based in East Asian culture.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment

valegn1210's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

lydiazwag's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Didn't care about the character's at all. Basically an adult version of six of crows but nowhere near as good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

keelreads's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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HOLY HECK! Why did it take me so long to start this book finally? I have no idea and an so upset I didn't read it earlier. Five Broken Blades is the epic adventure of a group of unlikely allies - murderers and thieves - tasked with murdering a god-King. Full of romance, danger, fights, found family, and betrayal, you will not want to put this book down. Honestly, this is one of my favorite fantasy books now!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Classism

lattepixie's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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This started out really slow up until the point (a little over halfway) when more than the individual pairings of characters actually meet. Then it picked up a lot and the end was honestly a bit mind blowing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Genocide

Moderate: Misogyny, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Drug use

bluerskies's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark funny inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Murder, Abandonment, Classism

Moderate: Child death, Slavery, Trafficking, Death of parent

river_jean_sterling's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Death of parent, War, Classism

skyladoragono's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Hnnnnnnnngh, I got so invested in these six idiots and their problems and goals that the plot almost felt secondary to the great character development everyone went through. No spoils, but the main goal falling to the wayside in favor of the characters turned out to be the whole point of the book! I loved the plot twist at the end, and I'm excited to see where the characters take their propensity for bold face lying in the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Classism

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence