Reviews tagging 'Death'

Prince of the Sorrows by Kellen Graves

20 reviews

lindsaythelibrarian's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Torture, and Slavery

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Violence, Alcohol, Cursing, Grief, Slavery, and Toxic relationship

flannelpetticoat's review against another edition

DNFing before starting chapter 12. The book is cruel and poorly written enough that I have no interest in continuing the series. Doesn't make sense to power through the misery 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Torture, and Bullying

Moderate: Death, Murder, and Violence

jgberokoff's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.75

I have mixed feelings about this book. On one hand, I did enjoy moments of it. On the other hand, the pacing was odd. It felt like for the first half of the book nothing happened and then in the second half everything goes off. I don’t know, it was entertaining and I will probably read the rest of the series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, and Death

voidature's review

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Sexual content

parawatch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional

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

3.5

Originally rated this book a 4, but looking back on it months later, because I'm rethinking it over and realized just how messed up this book is. I don't know how to properly spoil, but if you don't want to read attempted drugging and abuse, then don't read this book. I thought it was going to be a lighter book to read, but the straight up abuse is a turn off. This book did drag on at some parts, it was written good, but the fact that there was also no true forgiveness or resolution after the two main characters issues is kind of saddening. I own the second book but I don't think I'm going to read it. The conflicts between our two MCs gets annoying, too, as its one after another.

But thats all just my thoughts on the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

btrz7's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Slavery

Minor: Bullying and Alcohol

lotte5322's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Blood, Emotional abuse, Violence, Physical abuse, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

tieflingreads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense

• 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: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death, Blood, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug use

stormeno's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Slavery, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual content and Cursing

baroo92's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring tense 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

5.0

Everything about this world is fascinating- the divide in magic systems almost drew my attention more than the romance. I also love how diverse this world is- this is my first time seeing dozens of they/them characters in the same story! I was attached to everyone we were introduced to, and really felt Saffron's complex fears when it came to protecting his community. This story does a great job navigating really complex societal issues surrounding oppression and pseudo-racism, and how things can be addressed in certain ways but can't always be magically solved all in one go. Absolutely would recommend, and will definitely be reading again!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Slavery, Torture, Sexual harassment, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Emotional abuse