Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Nevernight by Jay Kristoff

49 reviews

ienbdri's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Slavery, Sexual violence, and Addiction

maregred's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content, Gore, and Violence

loralyyn's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

I would have given this book 5 stars, but the beginning felt like a really long intro and took awhile to get going imo

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Murder, and Sexual content

0nessie's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Slavery, Sexual content, Death of parent, Torture, Murder, Blood, Addiction, Death, and Violence

lori_larsson's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This book is DARK. Like D-A-R-K dark. And bloody. And violent. I need to read a cozy fantasy now to cleanse my brain. It was good and the twist and turns were great. But boy oh boy was it violent. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Murder, Torture, Physical abuse, Blood, Child death, and Violence

thereaderkristle's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, Animal death, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content and Body horror

Minor: Slavery and Addiction

taliatalksbooks's review

challenging dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

3.75

Nevernight by Jay Kristoff is far more detailed than I ever anticipated. This world is robust, well thought out, and incredibly complicated in all the best ways. I wouldn’t enter this series thinking it’s going to be a quick read. This is 100% a slow fantasy burn, but it is oh so worth it. It is strategic, dark, and twisty, which you can only expect of a group of would-be assassins. Kristoff masterfully depicts the complications of religion, politics, corruption, magic, world-specific language, and overwhelming emotion, all within this first book. I’m really excited to see where this series heads in the next two novels, but this is definitely a “chapter-at-a-time” read for me. If you decide to jump in to the world of Nevernight, get ready for one of the most complicated and intricate reads you’ve ever embarked on. Truthfully, Kristoff is giving GRRM a run for his money in terms of the amount of detail packed into these pages, and if you don’t believe me, you’ll just have to check these books out for yourself. 

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Content Warnings

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

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

nik_a's review against another edition

1 ⭐
це було просто жахливо! 

+ єдине, що сподобалось, це ілюстрації українського видання

- просто жахливий переклад! дуже багато граматичних помилок. перекладач наліпила купу маловживаних слів, навіщо?! речення побудовані таким чином, що важко читати
- автор смакує моменти поранень, а все інше описувати для нього немає сенсу. опис битви був зовсім не цікавим. деякі моменти просто випадають з сюжету 
- жарти про місячні. одразу видно, що писав чоловік
- дуже багато недоречного мату. навіщо?! 
- зноски які іноді займали по пів сторінки і відволікали від сюжету. спочатку ідея здалась цікавою, але вийшла якась маячня, яка відволікали від сюжету. про світ нічого не дізнаєшся, лише дратуєшся та гаїш час
- не цікаві герої

а для кого ця книжка? купа мату, "жарти" нижче пояса, смакування "крові", примітивний розвиток сюжету... для юних маньяків?! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Violence, Sexual content, Child abuse, Cursing, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic relationship

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