Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett

7 reviews

nimeneth's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Currently having complicated feelings about this one. It was a good ending to the trilogy in a lot of ways, but I'm not satisfied completely with the ending of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Slavery

Moderate: Body horror

armarino's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.75

A gorgeous end to the trilogy. What happens when love and obligation and trauma and consequence come to a head? The magic system in this world is SO COOL, and this man writes incredible women.

The fact that Bennett managed to make the primary villain of the first two-thirds of the series SO sympathetic that I CRIED at the end of his arc is truly a feat.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.25

This was a good ending for the entire series. I really liked how the whole world/plot came together, it was super detailed and interesting. I wish we got more of the characters but I don't think that was the point, more about humanity/civilisation. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Child death, Medical content, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Violence, War, Murder, Slavery, and Torture

fromjuliereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

What a finale. Wow.
I absolutely adored Foundryside and while Shorefall had some pacing issues, it was still a great book. But this book. This finale. Absolutely fantastic.

It took me a little bit to get into because I read Shorefall about 2 years ago AND this book takes place 8 years after the end of Shorefall. As soon as I figured that out, I was fully invested. Getting back to these characters, this world. Robert Jackson Bennett writes such a complex world with one of the most unique magic systems I've ever encountered, and these complicated characters that you can't help but love. There were so many aspects to this finale that played out so perfectly. I laughed, I cried, and while I figured out one mystery, there was something in some final reveals that I didn't see comint at all. This is the kind of finale that I truly love.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Child death, Blood, War, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: Vomit, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Toxic familial relationships, self-sacrifice

aileron's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Body horror, Child death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Abandonment, Genocide, Slavery, War, and Confinement

jjjreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Slavery, Torture, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, War, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, and Drug use

fi_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Genocide, Body horror, Blood, Gore, Grief, and Torture

Moderate: Slavery and Abandonment