Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Nevernight by Jay Kristoff

17 reviews

savvyy01's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Cursing, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death, Hate crime, Gore, Sexism, Grief, Murder, and Blood

mlcutter's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

Solid 5 stars. When Mia Corvere loses her father in an uprising to overthrow the corrupt government, she decides to join the Our Mother of Blessed Murder order of assassins to become a Blade (the best of the best). This book is all about her training and decisions that she has to make to become strong and skilled enough to avenge her father's murder. The descriptions in this novel are amazing and thr characters are incredibly well-formed. It was recommended to me that I read this book as an aspiring fantasy writer and it did not disappoint. Word of warning, even though Mia is 16, this is NOT a YA novel! No surprise, there is death and its graphic, and there is also a love connection and it is somewhat graphic. But I still believe this is essential for anyone who wants to write fantasy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Violence, Gore, Child death, Grief, Blood, Cursing, Sexual content, Death, and Torture

littki's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Slavery, Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Classism, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Grief, Incest, Torture, and Vomit

nathalie_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Death of parent, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Excrement, Drug use, Alcohol, and Child death

lisavandonselaar's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Animal death and Gaslighting

Minor: Slavery

nandakandabooks's review

adventurous slow-paced

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

1.5

While the voice actor did a great job I barely finished this book due to the plot.
It was finished only because it was sth. to listen to during walks.
Plot quite predictable and no suprises on my side.
I liked the concept and the shadow animals but I am not intruged to continue with the series.
Also it continued quite some unecessary detailed sex and cruelty scenes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Torture, Death of parent, Blood, Slavery, Sexual content, Vomit, Rape, Grief, and Death

giulianalb99's review against another edition

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

5.0

Wow, qué libro TAN bueno… no sé qué tipo de droga le ha metido Jay Kristoff a este libro, porque sin duda ha sido una total adicción. No podía parar de leer y mis horas de sueño han sido descontroladas porque necesitaba saber qué pasaba en cada momento… es que he sido incapaz de soltar este libro.
Mia es sin duda uno de los mejores personajes que he leído en toda mi vida y Don Majo es LO MEJOR con sus comentarios sarcásticos y la amistad y cariño que tienen entre ambos🖤 y Tric me ha enamorado perdidamente.
No puedo esperar más a seguir leyendo los siguientes libros, tengo tantas preguntas sin respuesta😭😭 ¡¡¡¡¡necesito saber qué pasa!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Violence, Murder, Sexual content, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Animal death, Death of parent, Grief, Sexism, Gore, Animal cruelty, and Blood

moonchild_cos's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Blood, Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Death of parent, Murder, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, War, Sexual assault, Medical content, Sexism, Gore, Sexual harassment, and Torture

Minor: Alcohol, Body shaming, Classism, and Alcoholism

emesfiz_28's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Torture, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual content, Slavery, Death of parent, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

Moderate: Vomit

_piercingwords_'s review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.75

I am in love with the descriptive writing style and the sassy humour in this. The world is incredibly well built, the characters as well.
While the many footnotes could be very entertaining, they interrupted the reading flow a bit at times.
I'm definitely gonna get the other books of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, Bullying, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic friendship, Grief, Gore, Cursing, and Racial slurs