Reviews tagging 'Death'

Kings Cage by Victoria Aveyard

49 reviews

bzliz's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The action sequences really shine here. They are so gripping and exciting but they are concentrated toward the end of the book. The beginning half is focused on Mare’s captivity and a lot of it is pretty boring. I know I’ve read this before but I didn’t remember any of it so I’d forgotten how much that portion drags. Some of those scenes do contain important tidbits that allow Mare to gain some insight but much of it feels like a way to pass the time. 

The introduction of multiple POVs is a blessing and a curse. It gives readers a break from Mare’s doldrums and lets them glimpse what is going on with the Scarlet Guard and later with the Silver houses, however Cameron and Evangeline’s voices are almost identical to Mare’s. Victoria Aveyard is a competent writer but she did not do a good job distinguishing her narrators in this book. 

I can see why a lot of people seem to give up on the series here but I am still excited to read the next book, which I don’t think I finished the first time I read this series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Moderate: Gore

emilyamoreau's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

Good continuation of the story, this one felt marginally slower paced than the previous 2 books, but it worked for the situations in this story. This book brought the introduction of multiple narrators which was a fun addition and helpful to the story!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, and Grief

Minor: Pregnancy

mackenzie4197's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

 Glass Sword was dark and painful and when I wrote a review from that book I said I think the next one is going to be worse ... and I was right. The first part was especially painful. Then the ending was so much worse. I just really hope the next book is less painful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, and War

tania_mybookishsecret's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, and War

Moderate: Suicide and Grief

Minor: Pregnancy

lukapooka's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

emotional sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror and Pregnancy

Minor: Gore, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Alcohol

mbrogs2024's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Vomit, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

livaausma's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.75

The beginning-middle was difficult to get through, as it was kind of repetitive. But middle to end was amazing! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Medical trauma, and War

Moderate: Pregnancy

ladybug12793's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Cameron’s POVs were pointless. She was a hypocrite. At least there was some Cam/Mare redemption by the end. Wish the alternate POVs were either one of the princes or Farley. I also wish the chapters were shorter.  I enjoyed this book nonetheless. Could’ve been 100 pages shorter. Felt like it dragged on in the beginning and like nothing much happened besides like two battles and the ending that we all saw coming. Heartbroken but looking forward to the next book.

Also certain readers complaining about Mare being traumatized by literally being tortured by silent stone everyday have absolutely no empathy. She was still imprisoned and tortured in multiple ways psychologically and physically but I guess since she had a nice bed then she shouldn’t complain?! Like chill people. Absolutely insane.

0 🌶️ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and War

Minor: Sexual content and Pregnancy

aammeess's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and War

Moderate: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Slavery, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent and Alcohol