Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

60 reviews

pbeeandj's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

5.0

Huge, epic, and gay. Quality animal and dragon friends to help our protagonists (I especially loved the Ichnuemon). All but one of the pov characters are POC. I wish I could watch this as a series. 5/5 stars and no notes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Xenophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infertility, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

cameronreads's review against another edition

5.0

I don’t know how this book managed to surpass my expectations but it did by leaps and bounds. A perfect world, magic system, writing style, structure, and cast of characters. I was convinced I’d be saying it was too long, but if anything it could have been longer - I would spend forever in this incredible world with these life like characters. Loved this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, and Death of parent

micaelacccc's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

Absolutely beautiful, I loved it so much!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Death of parent

maddiemooney's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

navierreads's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, and Classism

guessgreenleaf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

l4urenbrooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Sexism

taryn_g's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Sexual content, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Incest, Torture, and Grief

poyopipo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-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

Spoiled epic fantasy for me (positive). Diverse cast of well written characters, lovingly built fantasy world, and also dragons. :3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

takarakei's review against another edition

adventurous 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

• EPIC fantasy
• sapphic slow burn
• dragons
• fate/destiny
• battle against 'evil'

I honestly highly recommend reading A Day of Fallen Night first if you haven't. I believe SS recommends that you try and it does make ADOFN a bit of an uphill struggle with all the world building, but it pays off when you get to TPOTOT and you're just breezing on through (well... it's easier at least)!

My biggest critique of this book is the Niclays POV - I just did not care enough about him as a character and I felt his was the weakest POV and that side of the story could have been told differently. Also slight pacing issues as the end feels a bit rushed and doesn't match the pace of the rest of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Infertility, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic