Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

45 reviews

zach_r's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Excrement, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Sexual violence, Grief, Violence, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Child death, and Vomit

zerto's review against another edition

It was a bit too violent and vulgar for me. The flashback chapters were annoying and confusing. I don’t mind morally gray characters, but I couldn’t sympathize with any of the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Torture

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Child abuse, and Child death

Minor: Slavery

Nazca’s dead body in a barrel of horse piss was horrific

gandalf_a's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Violence, Child death, Classism, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Vomit, Slavery, War, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Trafficking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Medical content

aroace_ants's review

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Incredibly fun, it doesn’t end. It’s sad. He’s seven, he’s 25, he almost dies like four times, he dies once. THERE ARE SPIDERS THE SIZE OF DOGS. THEY SWORDFIGHT SHARKS. AND WIN

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Death

Minor: Death of parent and Animal cruelty

janieboucher's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Torture, Vomit, and Violence

Moderate: Police brutality

Minor: Animal death and Body shaming

karbolak's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gore, Slavery, Animal death, Child death, Abandonment, Body horror, and Death

winterwoodbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

This was just awesome from start to finish

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexism, Gore, Suicide, Trafficking, Mental illness, Misogyny, Abandonment, Death, Classism, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Excrement, Fatphobia, Drug use, Hate crime, Body horror, Cursing, Dysphoria, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Genocide, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Vomit, and War

ekcd_'s review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Body horror, Child death, Classism, Death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

literarybitch's review

adventurous dark sad

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

3.5

We love a gentleman bastard, a dashing rogue doing heists and dodging the law! That said, this goes to some very dark places, so fair warning: it starts out with a guy selling orphans, that's a rough place to begin.
I enjoyed myself throughout this one and I have no major complaints. The various nobles' names were hard to tell apart when they were all together in the thick of it, but I was so far in that I decided not to care and it didn't diminish my overall understanding.

Comparisons between this and The Thousand Deaths of Ardor Benn are obvious: they're both quite lengthy, vaguely Rennaissance-era fantasy heists starring a clever antihero and his bestie(s). Between the two, I find Ardor Benn much more fun so if you only have room in your life for one, I recommend that one. But if you don't mind the darker and sadder tones of this One Last Job gone sideways and can't get enough debonair con men, this gets the job done.

7.5/10
#WhatsKenyaReading

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Child death and Death

Minor: Slavery and Death of parent

davonysus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cursing, Murder, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Vomit, and Fatphobia

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Cursing, Excrement, Death of parent, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, and War