Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Gideon z Dziewiątego by Tamsyn Muir

72 reviews

traciereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Genocide, Violence, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Rape, Suicide, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

mcbenzie's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

This is like nothing I’ve ever read and I loved it. The universe is rich and dark; it’s wonderfully detailed but you learn it - or the relevant part of it - by living it alongside the cast, not through big info dumps, though I did enjoy the extra material at the end of this edition. There’s satisfying mystery, great jokes, development of character and relationships, both magical action and great swordplay, and a cast of major players I came to love. It’s also got a lot of necromantic body horror and it presents the queerness of its major characters as just who they are, though it’s not a romance, even as it has elements of regency honour and romantic ideals. The mash of styles encompasses Game of Thrones, Warhammer 40,000, Pride and Prejudice, Tank Girl and Gormenghast. Frankly it’s the best new thing I’ve read in ages, and I hope you love it as much as I did. Looking forward to the sequels!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Abandonment

Minor: Child death, Cursing, and Death of parent

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War

panthalassa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, War, and Classism

jjjreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

voxelbee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Terminal illness

Minor: Cursing, Genocide, Suicide, Vomit, Abandonment, and War

emilyplun's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

A murder mystery with necromancers and swords, and the main character is hilarious. Extremely good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment

jmcordero's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Self harm, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Vomit, and Grief

jas_kv's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Death, Torture, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

valpuri's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment