Reviews tagging 'Death'

Ghostsmith by Nicki Pau Preto

8 reviews

atsy6's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

It was super easy read. I love a duology, this ended nicely. I really hate omnipotent villians but it worked out.. The storyline was engaging and interesting. I really enjoyed the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy

witcheep's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Violence, Grief, and War

Minor: Child death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Slavery, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

02meg_marie's review

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

shannnne_reads_words's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ms_morri's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and Gaslighting

loveat1stwrite's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

5.0

Absolutely loved the characters and worldbuilding, and the narrator is fantastic.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Pregnancy

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

takarakeireads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

4.25

I really enjoyed this duology! I just found the world to be absolutely fascinating to read about.

There is a LOT of action - it truly felt like there was no room for breaths from like 60% in til the end. Very high stakes coupled with twists and betrayals, kept me reading!

There is a big focus thematically on family dynamics - Wren has dealt with some Shitty Family™ and I think there's a lot of emphasis on how she overcomes her family trauma. Basically most of the adults really are just out here being the worst to everyone around them and the world in general, and I found Wren's journey getting past that really traumatic in the midst, but in the end honest and healing. In the end it becomes: your family is the one that you choose, which is always nice to read.

I love getting all the different POVs, I think they all add something to the story providing a very well rounded overall viewpoint [one audio complaint is it's just one narrator and while they do a great job of voices, sometimes it was slightly confusing to know who's pov we were in since they switch mid-chapter]

I just really recommend this duology if you like ghosts, a bit of creepy vibes and a fantastic cast of characters!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Sexual content, and Pregnancy