Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Night Eternal by Guillermo del Toro

2 reviews

pterodog's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.0

The best summary I can give of my thoughts on this book is "...okay, I guess?"

Yeah, I guess it's a fitting end to the series. This is definitely the worst of the trilogy, and the one that took me the longest to read. Sure, I wish there hadn't been a shoehorned love triangle. I wish that it hadn't spent quite so long dwelling on the love triangle at the expense of some of my favourite characters. I wish that the term "butchy" hadn't been used in a derogatory fashion (yes, it happened once, but it's literally the only thing I made a note on while reading). I wish it hadn't ended with

the main character and his son getting blown to smithereens by a nuke after a dissatisfying reunion

. There are a lot of things I wish had happened in this book, but most of them didn't. At the end of it, I'm left thinking "Huh." and that's about it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual harassment, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death

bsmucker's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Sexual harassment