Reviews tagging 'Grief'

A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir

16 reviews

risten's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Torture, Gore, Slavery, Genocide, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, Death, Classism, Medical content, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Blood

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, War, Violence, Child death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Torture, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, Confinement, Body horror, Grief, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, and Cursing

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, Genocide, Slavery, Vomit, Sexual harassment, and Emotional abuse

yliana's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

5.0

this series is everything. idk what it is about sabaa tahir's writing but it just pulls you right into the story. laia is struggling so much right now and i loved seeing how different people in her life supported her in different ways. honestly, i really hated blood shrike when i finished the second book but now, not so much. she's a very complicated person and i hate a lot of what she's done in the past and in this book but there's also a very present human side of her that really shines in this book.
that's definitely something i really appreciate about this series. the way that tahir writes these characters makes it really hard for you to fully hate them (except for marcus, he's a piece of shit). i also think the fallout of genocide was also handled very well. laia's lines about hating war and not seeing the point of it even when the people being decimated are the same people who tortured, abused, and sought to kill her people felt very real. absolutely no one wins in a war. everyone will lose someone important to them and that will spur on the need for revenge. it makes it so hard to stop violence because so few people are able to let go of their need to take what was taken from them. but then it also makes it hard to hate the "enemy" when you see how the violence affects them. every character in this series has to come to terms with this and it's so interesting and real to see how they each handle it so differently.
sabaa tahir is such an amazing writer. i truly love this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Physical abuse, Grief, Genocide, Death, Child death, Torture, Murder, and Medical content

Moderate: Xenophobia and Classism

leaflit's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Slavery, War, Blood, Murder, Torture, Violence, Classism, Colonisation, Toxic relationship, Child death, Grief, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Physical abuse

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Vomit, Torture, Racism, Grief, Genocide, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Misogyny, Medical trauma, War, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Death of parent, Death, Physical abuse, Body horror, Classism, Blood, Xenophobia, Sexual violence, Murder, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Rape, Violence, Domestic abuse, Cursing, and Confinement

orangewitchling's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Grief

urlocalvocaloidstan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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

5.0

  Just like the other books in this series, this book was such a page turner and there were plot twists at every corner. All the characters had really good writing and Laia’s trauma from being betrayed by the Nightbringer still haunts her even in this book. Both the internal and external conflicts felt very real and you could easily sympathize with even evil people like Marcus. All three of the main characters go through so much and they have to make super tough decisions that could bring the end of the world, especially The Blood Shrike, so it would make sense if they were unlikable characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Animal death, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Genocide

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child death, Confinement, Medical content, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Toxic relationship

alyssasaurus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War

shahdhazem's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

I've finished this 3 days ago and I have been in shock quite literally. The plot is going in a very complex way and I'm just going insane. There's lots of things that I don't understand and it's just very very intense.

can we please all come to the fact that I haven't even recovered from the shock that cook is the lioness and then she's f*king dead I didn't even get to cry for her just from the overall shock!!

. Laia had a very strong character development she's literally just a very good written heroine. And as always sabaa is literally torturing everyone in the book EVEN THE SIDE CHARACTERS NO ONE SURVIVES HER EVIL!! Lastly I won't even comment on the writing stlyle or plot the whole series is just a masterpiece I can't bring myself to say anything more.
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Pregnancy

crazyrandom_music's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Death of parent, Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Pregnancy