Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri

48 reviews

laurenw's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Murder, Religious bigotry, Grief, War, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, and Animal death

Minor: Vomit, Torture, Xenophobia, and Sexual content

fairyollie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

oh, what a masterpiece. what a stunning, emotional, heart-wrenching addition to an already magnificent series.

this book has a stronger military fiction/theme going on, which I'm not the biggest fan of, but the storyline and pacing of the military theme was so well-done, natural, and necessary, that it did not bother me at all. I was in love, biting my nails, turning page after page waiting to find out what happened next - and then my heart broke. so well done, and I'm not sure how I'm going to survive until Lotus comes out in November!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Lesbophobia, Colonisation, Sexism, Xenophobia, War, and Death

Minor: Torture, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

sophie42's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Misogyny

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Alcohol, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Suicide, Torture, Grief, and Sexual content

cursedmeow's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.0

absurd dialoges, neverending list of pointless povs, time-and-space dilemmas and a migraine-inducing style of describing where everything is too detailed and too vague at the same time so you never actually know whats happening (that is IF something is happening once in a blue moon), might be just the fault of the weird translation though :)) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

caelfind's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Sexism

rexpostfacto's review against another edition

5.0

Got a little dry + long at times but overall…omfffggggg

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Genocide

Moderate: Sexual content

leaflit's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

I liked this one better than the first one. I wasn’t sure I was going to keep going with the series after the first book but I’m glad I did and looking forward to the third.  Lots going on, faster pace and getting deeper into the lore. Ends with a lot of plot lines set up for an exciting sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Vomit, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Death, Murder, War, Religious bigotry, Genocide, Violence, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual content, Animal death, Kidnapping, Torture, Drug use, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Gore, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Confinement, Blood, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Domestic abuse

erwikka's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-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

I love these characters and this world and the political aspects of it. Tasha’s writing is amazing and each of the POVs has their own distinct voice. I can not wait to see what the conclusion has in store since this one broke me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Misogyny

Minor: Pregnancy, Grief, and Physical abuse

brynalexa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Much more adventurous than the first book. The ending was full of twists and heartbreak. Amazingly devastating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, Murder, Confinement, Animal death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Torture, Toxic relationship, and Sexism

greymalkin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

What a gorgeous and fascinating world Tasha Suri has created!  I really enjoyed Jasmine Throne but I like Oleander Sword even more.  The writing is smoother and more assured, and the characters finally  have just enough power and momentum to start making really big choices.  

I enjoyed the evolution of Malini and Priya's relationship since it was always going to be complicated and messy and it's good that the book embraced that.  The only thing I didn't really like was the forced ending.  I completely get that they needed to set this up for the third book but it felt jarring and not very believable.  I wish it had been the other way around where Priya watches as the yaska puppet her body and kill Malini and the horror and grief hollows her out completely to let the yaska in.  And so Priya flees, not knowing that Malini actually lives due to the mothers keeping her alive (and of course they exact their own price from Malini- perhaps Malini's love or memories of Priya).  That would feel more in keeping with the emotional tenor of their relationship- where Malini keeps having to give away pieces of herself and Priya keeps having to bow to to a great power even as it sickens her, and this could be the "rock bottom".  Oh well.  It was still an excellent book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Body horror, Murder, and Sexism

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse