Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Graceling by Kristin Cashore

48 reviews

alexandrabelze's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous funny mysterious sad 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

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i absolutely loved the pacing of this book. everything flowed perfectly together and i was never left feeling like things were moving too quickly or like we had hit a wall. cashore’s writing style is so unique, but i came to love it while reading. it fits katsa’s character so well! katsa and po’s relationship had me HOOKED mawma. i was also living for katsa and bitterblue’s (<3<3) relationship. so excited to read the rest of the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual content, Torture, Kidnapping

imds's review against another edition

3.75

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment

Minor: Child death

delvainy's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional funny 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

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This used to be one of my absolute favorite books growing up. I was putting off rereading it for a little while because I only own one book in the series (Fire), and I knew that after I read them I’d want to own all of them. When this was featured in a dream of mine, though, I finally bit the bullet, and it was as good as I remembered. The drama of it all! I don’t know that I would be shocked by the plot twists if I read it for the first time as an adult, but I don’t have to be surprised to appreciate the storytelling. It felt like a bit of a homecoming to reread this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death

ottersilver's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Know this is a first in a series which go very different directions than you’d expect. Don’t read the third book’s preview chapter, as I think it has a spoiler In it. This book has inspired me in ways I didn’t think of.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Vomit, Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death of parent

lots of violent fights between MCs with details

lubotomy's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Alcohol, War

Animal attack. Near drowning.

lahars_little_library's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting

chasekj's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I liked this book a lot and am excited to read the next one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Grief, Death of parent

alexvictoriuh's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous hopeful mysterious 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

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FANTASTIC. BEAUTIFUL. MAGICAL. THRILLING. Truly one of the most fantastic books I think I’ve ever read. The only reason it’s not a full 5 stars is because the romance didn’t end the way I wanted to. I’d explain more, but that would make this review a lot longer than it needs to be lol. But ANYWAYS, truly one of the best books ever written, in my opinion. This was also a buddy read with my sister and we were both so audible in our reactions because it was literally just that good!!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Death of parent

Minor: Pedophilia

much of this book takes place in the woods during intense travels which means the characters have to feed on whatever animals are caught and killed by their doing. It’s not super graphic and it’s done humanely, but if that’s something that would upset you, then be wary of that.

jmusil44's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death