Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Ashes of Gold by J. Elle

5 reviews

katiethepenguin's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Colonisation, Death, Blood, Murder, Genocide, War, Torture, Violence, and Grief

calamitywindpetal's review

adventurous challenging 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Torture, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racism, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, and Blood

Moderate: Pregnancy, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Grief, Abandonment, and Genocide

Minor: Death of parent, Vomit, and Police brutality

escapismforlife's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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

4.0

I love it wasn't  a continuation  in certain ways from Wings of Ebony. But also could have gone without the love and world  indecision/complication in this sequel.I wish Rue stuck with  the issue at hand of who to trust and saving the magic without all the indecisiveness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death, Genocide, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Abandonment, and Death

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Body horror, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Murder, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Confinement, and Death

stormywolf's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring tense 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

3.0

 This was kind of a surprise pickup for me. I didn't love the first book, finding it just okay when compared to some of the other books surrounding the same sort of topics, so I wasn't exactly chomping at the bit to return to Rue's world. But when ads described this as the conclusion to a duology—a surprise to me—I figured it would be a good idea to go ahead and finish the series. So I went ahead and re-read Wings of Ebony and jumped straight in on this sequel.

Read my full review at The Wolf's Den

Overall, despite all the problems I had, I'd still definitely recommend this series. I think there are some great messages for younger readers about overcoming adversity and finding inner strength, of forgiveness and mercy, and of learning from the past and moving forward. I can't say I loved everything about these books, but I'm sure others will see things that I didn't and connect to the story in ways I couldn't. There's definitely an audience for this series, it just didn't happen to include me this time. If there's ever another book set in Ghizon, I'll probably check it out, but in the meantime I'll be seeing what other fantasy worlds have in store for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Blood, Classism, Death of parent, Death, Genocide, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Racism, Violence, and War

Minor: Torture and Panic attacks/disorders