Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

146 reviews

risten's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Torture, Slavery, Classism, Child abuse, Blood, Murder, Death, War, and Child death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Grief, Gore, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Trafficking, and Suicide

Minor: Stalking, Sexual content, Vomit, Self harm, Abortion, Alcohol, and Animal death

yasmin96's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Rape, Torture, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Violence, Abortion, Grief, Slavery, Child abuse, and Sexual harassment

mckenziemreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-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: Violence, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Sexual violence

c_l_ara's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Slavery, War, Physical abuse, Blood, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Genocide, and Torture

mwritesdragons's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Sexual assault

maryam_reads_06's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

3.75

I read this book in a slump and it took quite a bit of time to get into it(like a month). I liked the back and forth that Elias went through when deciding whether he saw himself as good or bad because in reality his character was complex and it wasn't as simple. I love how strong Laia was in terms of the fact that she, unlike in many other books, did not lose focus on trying to save her brother and based nearly every decision, all while risking her life, to help break her brother out. It wasn't a mind-blowing book worth five starts but the ending was very good in terms of pacing and I will be picking up the next book soon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault

brooketreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

I loved this book. This was my second read.

The first time, I would have said no flaws. I feel like it’s fantasy light, more focused on politics. I loved the duel POV. I loved both the main characters. Laia was just a complete badass in my eyes. Elias was just everything, tortured soul vibes just leaving me like 🥺. There was

a double love triangle going on with both MCs being involved in their own love triangle

, but I loved that the romance angle took a backseat to the plot. It made the romantic-ish scenes all the more sweet in my eyes.

This second read through I did feel a little bit more critical. Laia was still an extremely strong person for what she endured through this book, but

she kind of acted like an assassin near the end, she had absolutely zero training.

I was constantly frustrated with Elias, because he seemed to constantly be encouraging Helene’s feelings and even reciprocating her feelings and then completely throwing it into her face later. This time around he felt like so much more of a guy, objectifying both Laia and Helene. I think the first time around I was so focused on the potential romance between Laia and Elias and all there interactions and when that would be, that everything else seemed secondary. This time around I felt like I had my focus so much more on everything else all the other people and especially the Augurs.

I’m excited to continue the series (I’ve only read book 1).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Torture, Murder, and Slavery

Minor: Death of parent, Rape, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Child death

katie_graham's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious 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

This was obvious massively setting up for a series. Not totally sold on the romance element of it yet, but hopefully I start to feel more of a connection that is undoubtedly always my favourite part. I will say that I genuinly feel like I need to read the next book at least just to find out what happens in the politics part of the book. I do think that the world building and the plot of this book seems well thought out and I can see little hints peppered throughout the book of what’s to come. It does a good job of keeping you guessing and wondering, so I look forward to the next book which I’m going to start rn. :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

isxelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, and Slavery

Moderate: Rape

3.39 this book definitely didn’t shy away from brutality. i was legitimately scared reading parts of it. but it also brought me back and made me feel bad for characters that were horrible people. a little info dumpy at times but still a pretty good book. im excited to read the next

prunechips's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, War, Torture, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Violence, Toxic friendship, and Death of parent