Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri

16 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

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

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

kylieqrada's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

It took me 57 years to read this for reasons but I stayed engaged the entire time. I loved it slightly less than the first one, but still with all the power of a thousand suns. My ships really took a hit, though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Violence, Sexual content, and Misogyny

Minor: Animal death, Torture, and Suicide

rat_girly's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

Loved this sequel and can’t wait for the third instalment. Pacing was much better than in The Jasmine Throne. The story consistently moved forwards towards a crescendo and plot twist, building to what I assume will be the focus of book 3.

I loved the development of most of the relationships: Priya & Sima, Bhumika & Jeevan, Ahiranyi vs others, and most of all - Rao & Aditya. Queer, boyhood crush vibes. I found Malini and Priya’s relationship to be heavily out of balance, especially given the coloniser/colonised dynamic, but I think that is the point and will hopefully be rectified in book 3.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Violence, Colonisation, Death, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Murder, and War

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

Minor: Confinement and Animal death

lqvekanej's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Murder, Violence, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Death

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Cursing, Infidelity, and Animal death

alphabetmafiamember's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Sexism, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Cursing, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Alcohol, Suicide, Alcoholism, Torture, and Religious bigotry

talasterism's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative 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

WHAT THE FUCUKKKK /POS

the second half of the book is such fucking sexy dnd warlock shit. someone should make a homebrew of that.
 

WE GOT SMUT=!=!=?^?^?^=!! it was so good i was so happy about it. like sorry bur "try and break me"?! maammmm "let me show you how to break me" even hotter. "just teeth and lips and tongue, punishingly fierce, all devotion" "loving and lovingöy cruel by turns" HHHHHH when she submits to her and says "i know you, i know what you want, i prmoise you, its freely given" WTF

the first 10% f the book i was just trying to remember what happened in the first book but then it got good. i feellike everything was explained so well that even i understood the war tactics, the political intrige intricacies, the jabs. the whole deepa shit? so good. also the pacing was so good and ITS SO WELL WRITTEN!! the themes of water and fire, light and dark, so good.... JUST!! THE WATER!! THE FIRE!!! u guys, u GUYS

"what is the star, but distant fire, reaching for you across the worlds?"

also the whole fucking rao arc killed me, I CARE FOR THIS LIL GUY AND THEN TASHA GOES AND SAYS 

"perpahs all his loved ones would be nothing but effigies for rao to gaze upon, and remember what he had lost" AND THEN HES LIKE I CANT CARE ANYMORE honey bbhbbb r4ewq

last but not least 

when malini was going to lie to priya as a lil betrayal and in turn priya stabs her. HOW FUCKING JUICY WAS THAT. and how funny was it when mailini was like "she was asking priya to die for her based on lies but she needed to win this war more than anything so be it" but then priya stabs her and shes like how daRE YOU BETRAY ME WTF as if you werent betraying her already. i mean its two very different things but cmon double edged sword double edges both ways

oh yes i do feel very conflicted about malini.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and War

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Animal death

drowning

saphfics's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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: Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Sexism, War, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Cursing, Animal death, and Blood

cameronreads's review against another edition

5.0

This book was just as incredible as the first one without a drop of middle book syndrome in sight. Everything felt so complex and realistic in a way that had me completely sucked in. All of the characters were so intricate and flawed in such an interesting variety of ways and this was reflected in the complex relationships between them. The way the world building and especially the religions were expanded on were so interesting - I loved reading about the various beliefs and the sub-sects of them as well as how they interlinked. I once again loved that we got to see from such a wide variety of perspectives and thought it was done masterfully. I can’t believe I’m going to have to wait so long for the third book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, War, Animal death, Grief, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Lesbophobia and Colonisation