Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Night and Its Moon by Piper C.J.

16 reviews

amadpanda's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Child abuse, Trafficking, Abandonment, Violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Grief

Moderate: Gore and Torture

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape

kaylurzz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

The amount of times I almost DNF-ed this. I should have and saved myself some time lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Trafficking, Child abuse, Slavery, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Minor: Religious bigotry, War, and Xenophobia

embark19's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Rape

Moderate: Death and Torture

court_reads_it_all's review against another edition

The first red flag in the book is the constant description of Amaris' white skin as pure and beautiful, while Nox, the only POC character, is the only one to be whipped. Additionally, Amaris romanticizes life as a farmer or noble man's wife, while Nox tries to protect her friend during a traumatic event. The writing style attempts to mimic Tolkien or C.S. Lewis but falls short, resulting in the book dragging on with chapters dedicated to mundane tasks. Overall, the book is disappointing and only receives one star despite being a gift and on my to-be-read list.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Trafficking, Violence, Death, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Body shaming, Racism, Abandonment, Bullying, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Classism, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

endangeredhufflepuff's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-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

3.5

Kind of difficult for me to get into due to the writing style and typos,  but the plot is interesting and unpredictable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Child abuse

Moderate: Death

iforgotilivedhere's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-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? No

3.25

I had fun with this. It’s not necessarily the most original fantasy book I’ve read but I still rather enjoyed it. I liked the characters for the most part. I see what Piper CJ is doing with this. SJM did the same with Throne of Glass which is start out slow and unoriginal and then EXPAND. I didn’t see the plot twist with Moirai coming and I didn’t see some of the other twists that Amaris had. I really want to see where this romance is gonna go because there’s so much potential! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death, Slavery, Rape, and Sexism

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Fire/Fire injury

drtx_bwt's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexism and Death

Minor: Torture, Death of parent, and War

joisaddler's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Death, Violence, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Grief, and Mental illness

masoncasper's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.25

I really enjoyed this feminist, bisexual fantasy book that explored power and ownership as manipulative concepts. The characters were all amazing and the found family made my heart happy. It’s a lovely introduction and I’m looking forward to seeing where the world goes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Gaslighting, Murder, and Sexual assault

theemeraldflame's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

0.5

Horrific portrayal of sex work/sex workers. Massive sexism and contradictory worldbuilding (characters are in a world that is female dominated/ruled, where even god herself is female… yet sexism is RAMPANT and major religious and sexual trauma happens to both female characters at the hands of men in positions of authority). Odd, sweeping tone changes throughout. Writing is self-indulgent, metaphor-filled, and at times difficult to parse. Would not recommend to anyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexism, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Child abuse