Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Les enclaves dorées by Naomi Novik

15 reviews

alyssasaurus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, and War

queenie_ofthe_void's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

3.0

Not sure how I feel about the ending and the pacing. It seemed like this could have been two books, and a lot of side characters fell by the wayside (Chloe, Magnus, Liu, etc). For a final book with a lot of ground to cover, I felt too much time was spent building a relationship between Liesel and El. Not the relationship itself, but that time could've been used to a better purpose. REALLY not happy with how things ended for Orion. His entire arc was learning how to be a 'person' and not 'a hero who kills monsters' but then ended up choosing to spend his life away from loved ones and killing monsters full time. Disappointing tbh.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kagey's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

A satisfying conclusion to my favourite series in recent years. This novel didn’t seem quite as tight as the first to, but venturing out into the wizard world was fascinating. A lot of revelations and payoffs that were set up previously. Definitely can be read as a compelling allegory for capitalism, and I think the complexity taken on in the narrative is admirable. If anything I just wanted more, more Chloe, more time with Liu, more of the fallout, more of the other graduates. Still grateful for what we got though, I think Novik stuck the landing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and War

Minor: Child abuse

purplepenning'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Physical abuse, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Confinement, Homophobia, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol