Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

4 reviews

ladythana's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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: Death of parent, Suicide, Child abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Dementia, Sexism, Car accident, Death, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Misogyny

Minor: Miscarriage, Kidnapping, and Racism

maecave15's review

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

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Car accident, Death of parent, Bullying, Classism, and Grief

Minor: Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, and Physical abuse

snowkestrel's review

adventurous lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

• 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: Suicide

Moderate: Violence and Domestic abuse

Minor: Murder, Physical abuse, Car accident, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Racism

One character's ritualistic suicide is shown openly, involves blood but is not violent.

thereadinghammock's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective slow-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

3.0

This book is heavy with world building. I struggled with the naming conventions and pronunciations of everything that reading the physical book was a chore. After switching to the audiobook, I found it was a bit easier to follow, especially since there were character voices to figure out who was who. 

The book is super slow in the first half and only really picks up after chapter 18, but even then, that level of set up isn't for everyone. It's a slog and while Maia and the folks he's close with are good characters, it did still feel like a struggle to make it to the end of this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Child abuse, Racism, Xenophobia, and Death of parent

Moderate: Car accident and Grief

Minor: Infertility, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Misogyny, and Miscarriage