Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Will of the Many by James Islington

19 reviews

badbadwolf's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Medical trauma, Death, Body horror, Bullying, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Slavery, Vomit, War, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Murder, Blood, Classism, Forced institutionalization, and Suicide

jalexpulliamkepler's review

dark mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

Amazing! The best fantasy book I’ve read in a long time!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Gore, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Torture, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Genocide, War, Slavery, Classism, Suicide, and Sexism

Minor: Animal death

terrirankl's review

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

ashley_bitton's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

Wow. Just wow. I just… wow. 

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Content Warnings

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

hankhank's review

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

I'm only a casual fantasy reader, but after loving Babel last year on Book Tik Tok's recommendation, I decided to trust them on this rec, too, and oh my god, I'm so glad I did. The first section of the book feels like a conventional fantasy story, but as the pages creep up, the conventions start getting broken, the mysteries swiftly intensify, and the story gets more and more gripping. Up to the halfway mark, this was a 3 star read for me, but after the first 'WTF is actually going on' moment, I couldn't put this book down. I will be sleeping outside the bookshop for the second book's publication.

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Content Warnings

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

jennanaps'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Murder, Death, Body horror, Medical content, War, Child abuse, Colonisation, Gore, Grief, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

basementofbooks's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Body horror, Colonisation, Grief, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

calmcozycorner's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Violence, Murder, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit and Physical abuse

persephonefoxx'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? Yes

4.75

Holy shit.

I am a different person. 

It’s the truly insane and audible ‘what the actual fuck’ moment I experienced reading the final chapter for me. 

Truly, holy shit and what the fuck. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Classism, Grief, Suicide, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Vomit

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, and Bullying

saltycoffee's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Bullying, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Classism, and Grief