Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Abhorsen by Garth Nix

9 reviews

bearystarry's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

The best in the series so far, imo. Even though it feels like the second half of Lirael. Loved it, cried a lot at the end. 💚

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Trafficking, Grief, and Death of parent

jjohnson265's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death and Death

mads_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death

Moderate: Slavery and Death of parent

kanadrallegria's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

Disreputable Dog

might be my favorite character in the series, so far. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and War

Minor: Animal death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

rriverr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

i ADORED this book so much that i rated a book for the first time on this app 😭 however the cast is. not diverse. and i’m questioning the description of the clayr as dark-skinned and blond….seems strange to me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

limiwh's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

martharosen's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Violence and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail

kal1namal1na's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

A good capstone on the trilogy. My main complaint is that the ending felt rushed - the action, from

facing Hedge to the showdown with Orannis

felt extremely quick, with too many reveals that did not all have enough time for emotional impact. Otherwise, I'm gladly returning to this world again.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Death

Minor: Death of parent

cait's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism