Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia

7 reviews

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Violence, Xenophobia, Gore, Medical content, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Child death

Moderate: Colonisation, Genocide, War, Self harm, and Dysphoria

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Animal death, and Death of parent

larbster90's review

adventurous hopeful sad fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Dysphoria, Gore, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Torture, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Colonisation, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Racism, and Terminal illness

mandkips's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Body horror, Xenophobia, Colonisation, and Dysphoria

Minor: Vomit, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

pvbobrien's review

dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Violence, Xenophobia, Dysphoria, Gore, Hate crime, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Classism, Confinement, Colonisation, and Grief

displacedcactus's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

This was an interesting book but I think it tried to do/be too many things in too few pages, so that no particular element of the story felt as strong as it could have been. I'd definitely read another book by this author as I think they have a lot of promise and some great ideas.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Racism and Xenophobia

Minor: Child death, Vomit, and Death of parent

Specific gross stuff:

putrification, pus, bloated dead bodies, autopsy

This book is generally pretty gory and it's worth paying attention to the fact that it deals with a healer blood mage during a plague. I'm moderately squeamish and certain scenes were difficult for me to read! Also, this is a fictional world, so the racism and xenophobia are against fictional groups, but they closely mirror real-world opinions about immigrants and ethnic minorities.

goldendreams's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Child death and Classism

Minor: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit

booksthatburn's review against another edition

It feels like it’s taking forever to get anywhere. It’s so short that I made it over halfway through but I’m not enjoying it and I keep reading other things instead of making any progress.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

Moderate: Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, and Death

Minor: Child abuse, Genocide, Excrement, Self harm, and Death of parent