Reviews tagging 'Death'

Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson

11 reviews

lvl52_grant's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

4.75

This book is dense, but rad. The setting is so interesting, and Erikson's dedication to making the world feel alive and we are only witnessing one slice of it is what makes it difficult but intriguing. The reader gets thrown into a conflict with implications going back over thousands of years of history and you just need to work through it until it makes sense. I'm very excited to see what happens next with the Bridgeburners and the Malazan Empire.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Genocide, Colonisation, Alcoholism, and Body horror

vcap1952's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The book is hard to follow. The author author takes for granted you know the characters and the magic system and just runs with the story. So you have to reread sometimes to understand where you are. The second part of the book is quite good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Child death, and Blood

ealasaid_sch's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Death

charlinem's review

adventurous challenging dark inspiring medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, War, and Gore

farleighelse's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25

would read again. Magic. Magic realms. Magical creatures. War and genocide. young and eld gods. possession. Picks up towards the middle end of the book. Looking forwards to seeing more of Paran and Sorry. Assassination and sabatoge. older audian

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and War

Moderate: Slavery, Death, Cursing, and Grief

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jerkysnax's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

annapox's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Murder, Sexual harassment, Violence, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Medical content, and War

Minor: Alcohol, Classism, Cursing, Rape, Colonisation, and Genocide

nerdkitten's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, War, Grief, Animal death, Blood, Death, Infidelity, and Violence

Moderate: Colonisation, Gore, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Suicide, Genocide, Sexual content, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, and Toxic relationship

begemot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

tjm1618's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual assault, Body horror, Rape, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War