Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Tyrant Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

5 reviews

hailstorm3812's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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

5.0

OK. I was dubious about the first book, but utterly won over by this third book. I think Tau and the exploration of trim as a philosophy just enthralled me. All these messy people being pulled together to take down an empire. It feels like if you took the YA revolutionary books I read as a teen and let them grow as I did. It shows the complexities of governance and cruelty but also love and friendship. It's so interesting. I cried in the second to last chapter.

I also thought it was a trilogy, and was gobsmacked by the end. It honestly felt a little unnecessary. I think a trilogy with some loose thread of all the work we have to keep doing would have worked thematically and for me, but I am excited for more and to see what happens.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Medical content, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Ableism, Alcoholism, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Grief, Gaslighting, Cannibalism, Drug abuse, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, War, Police brutality, Murder, Gore, and Genocide

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and Child death

Minor: Pregnancy and Torture

sheiksleopardthong's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

I loved all of these books, but I BURNED THROUGH The Tyrant. I couldn't put it down- every spare moment I needed to know what would happen next to these characters, in this world that's being peeled back slowly and delicately. I love the scheming and travelling. The balance between characters all with their own needs, but similar wants. Or their own wants, but similar needs.

When I first started reading this series I asked my husband (who'd just finished it) "Is there magic?" And his response was "Uh, depends on your definition of magic." I wasn't very satisfied with that answer.

Well, now I have to suck up my pride and admit I'm satisfied with that answer. 

I don't even have words to describe my love for this series, these characters, this world. This book makes me want to write. It makes me believe in trim. 

I cannot wait for the final book. But Seth did something so few authors do, which is let the story rest. Give us a breather. I'm so so content with the end of The Tyrant. I'm excited for the next book. But I'm not acutely dying for it. Maybe Baru &co won't get a break (we'll find out!) But we get one, and Seth gets one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cancer, Child death, Misogyny, Racism, Body horror, Classism, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Colonisation, Grief, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, and Drug use

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Alcohol, Cursing, and Cannibalism

Minor: Forced institutionalization

lipstickitotheman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Hate crime, Transphobia, Cultural appropriation, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Violence, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Colonisation, Drug use, Racism, Torture, Xenophobia, Homophobia, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Blood, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Classism, Confinement, Trafficking, and War

pineapplesurvivor's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Cancer, Homophobia, Colonisation, Violence, and War

Moderate: Gore, Body horror, Sexism, Classism, Violence, Genocide, Torture, Medical content, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Grief, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Torture, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Cannibalism, Confinement, Genocide, and Cultural appropriation

gilroi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Abortion, Violence, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Transphobia, Medical trauma, Cancer, Torture, Grief, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Lesbophobia, Gore, Gaslighting, Drug use, Death, Cursing, Classism, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Homophobia, Genocide, and Emotional abuse