Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Coward by Stephen Aryan

12 reviews

bumfinity's review

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual content

a_novel_craving's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Violence, Alcohol, Gore, War, and Death

surdiablo's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.0

I liked it, better than what I expected and don't really have any major complaints. The prose is very accessible ( perhaps a bit too accessible for my taste ). The characters are alright, world-building is good and most of the story is wrapped up quite nicely, considering it's part of a duology and there's more to come. There's a lot of 'tell, don't show' which seemed rather glaring at times and distracted me but besides that, I can't really think of something that truly bothered me. The story itself is interesting and there's several moments, especially politicking in the background that made this one feel more than just a generic quest. However, I can't say I <i>really liked</i> this book. Don't get me wrong, I was never bored at any point and it was a fun read for the most part, but nothing really wowed or left a lasting impression on me. Everything was just.. fine. Will read the sequel anyway as I am intrigued enough to see what the future holds for

Kell and Willow

. I would recommend this book to anyone who just wants a fun adventure read as palette cleanser. 

P.S. That First Law reference outta nowhere made me chuckle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Alcoholism

Minor: Death of parent and Pedophilia

permanentlyspacing's review

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring 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: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Death

Minor: Sexual harassment

cookiecat73's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

3.0

Very mixed feelings about this book. It was good, I liked Kell and the way it showed his trauma, the writing, atmosphere, and plot were all good. but there were multiple random sexual assualt scenes which did not need to be there, and the one time it hinted at anything not cis/het it was in a very predatory sexual way which again was completely unneccesary. There were a few typos and other small mistakes, which was odd, felt as though they should have been picked up in edits, but didn't really bother me. The ending overall was kinda good, it tied up some things well, but also left a lot unanswered which I guess is becuase of the sequel. The very very last bit really frustrated me, you should understand if you've read it. I enjoyed it overall, but am also very frustrated. I don't think I'll read the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Body horror, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Animal death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Child death, Gore, Torture, Xenophobia, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Cursing, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Death of parent, War, and Grief

kerrousel's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

This book would have benefited from an editor. I’ve never seen so many mistakes.

I was skeptical at first, I think I spotted a few errors within the first few chapters. It took me a while to get used to the writing style. The story was fast paced enough it kept my interest and by the end, I had spent 2.5 hours reading until I got to the end. There are still a lot of questions unanswered. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Xenophobia and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Torture and Self harm

srm's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Blood, and Death

Minor: Alcohol

dolores_madil's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-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

5.0

Content warning that characters have PTSD

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Animal death, Bullying, Medical content, Alcoholism, and Vomit

Minor: Domestic abuse

pogue's review

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, War, and Gore

gowlstick's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

Once I finished reading the first chapter of this book I honestly thought it has the feel of a modern classic. It has a heavy tale type fantasy feel that does not disappoint. The book overall has many subtle twists that aren't necessarily the first guess but incredibly helpful as to developing the characters. I was very satisfied with the end but seeing as it was a confirmed duology I'm excited to see how certain plot points will play out in the second and what the finale will bring exactly.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Death of parent