Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

De winter van de heks by Katherine Arden

81 reviews

rai's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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? No

3.75

Time is really weird in this book. Like, that's part of the point of the magic but it made it hard to follow where along the calendar they were working. I also would occasionally get confused between the Russian names and English honorifics the characters are referred too. There is a good glossary at the end of the book but no way to reference it easily while reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, and Blood

alliallialli's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

saoreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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

Added to my all-time favorite series of books. I could not believe it actually ended. The feeling's still surreal. When I first started reading the novel, I absolutely had no idea what I was getting myself into-Russian folklore, religious affiliation, political warfare, marriages, historical adaption, and such with a heroine that grew up to find herself a future not dictated by others. The characters were all so beautifully created that I am deeply attached to them, especially to Solovey, Vasya's mare. The storytelling wasn't grandiose in a way, but its world building was so captivating that it incessantly creates various images, bountiful at that with its back and forth movement of the plot. It's one I can always get back to when I feel like rereading a book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and War

idealpages's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: War

windprinzessin_'s review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Violence

decembermagpie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Self harm, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

prettyflyforascienceguy's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death

Minor: Sexual content

thequiltyreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Slavery, and Death of parent

pvbobrien's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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: Animal death, Death, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Sexual content

dsarbear's review against another edition

I simply wasn't enjoying it as much as the previous 2 (especially the first). I also found the romantic bathhouse scene a little too cheesy for my tastes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death