Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin

124 reviews

cvbattum's review

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

4.75

The second part of the Broken Earth Trilogy falls only marginally behind its predecessor. It gets a lot darker and more grim, but we also get to learn a lot more about the world. The slow trickle of new lore keeps you invested at all times. 

Of course the writing is stunning once more. There is good cadence to the sentences and the writing is complex. It is never complicated however, and reaches moments of poetic beauty at times. Even punctuation and styling is employed to deepen the emotional expression, something I am a huge fan of.

The one thing this book could have been improved in, is its pacing. Towards the middle, it drags a little. Not all that much happens in this part, except more exposition, more setup for the big finale. It's impressive it managed to stay interesting nonetheless, and I highly recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

aniguy11's review

challenging 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? Yes

4.0

Less good than the first one, yet still devestating and interesting

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Slavery, and Sexual content

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Cannibalism, Grief, and Death

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

talasterism's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

SLIGHTLY worse than the first one but still SOOO good, i love the lore of this world so much and the povs of this one were !!!!

AND ALABESTER BEING A STONE EATER jt makes so much sense no???

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Terminal illness, Medical content, and Violence

Minor: War and Torture

ivocat's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cannibalism and Violence

lybarron's review against another edition

adventurous 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? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Cannibalism

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Murder, Death of parent, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, Genocide, Death, Blood, Body horror, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Cursing, and Physical abuse

Minor: Deadnaming

brycestevenwilley's review

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

For me, truly cements this as a great series. The mystery and build up of the Obelisks, the writing style, the continuing character arcs, and the exploration of the world's mechanics are all incredible. Everything in the world building from the physics, to the history, to the socialogy to the character motivations all align so well, and it all meshes together. Excited to get to the next one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Terminal illness, Murder, and War

discarded_dust_jacket's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.25

Truly, the brilliance of this series cannot be overstated. Like any second installment in a trilogy, this book could have easily plateaued, but it didn’t. The added perspective of additional points of view kept the plot engaging (and, per the norm for this series apparently) heartbreaking.

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Child abuse and Cannibalism

kemrick19's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Child death, Grief, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Gore and Blood