Reviews tagging 'Death'

Reflection by Elizabeth Lim

12 reviews

things100's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

This was such a good retelling of Milan I really enjoyed it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, and War

Minor: Death of parent

mmadill227's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Misogyny, and War

vixenreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense 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

4.0

Aside from the original source material, Lim manages to use the “Mulan” mythos to create a surprisingly engrossing story with steeped in Chinese mythology while still capturing the central moral of the 1998 film. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Drug use, and Cursing

Be aware of the use of weapons, demons, descriptions of Diyu and Youdu (the Underworld and Hell), running away, and exploration of self-doubt and guilt.

roaming_reader's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

3.5

 The concept of this whole book series is cute but also very fascinating. It's like a "What If" series for Disney movies. I love that this book dove into Chinese culture and folklore by taking us through Diyu. It also showed a deeper relationship between Mulan and Shang that we obviously couldn't get in the movie. It was definitely a bit cheesy, but an easy read and very enjoyable! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

keiwald's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective fast-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

4.5

Very fun.  It takes after the movie version, starting with the huns and the avalanche, then immediately deviates. It is not a retelling, but a what if expansion. Certainly a lot of fun and wonderful to watch Mulans journey.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Sexism, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War and Violence

cleanupferret27's review

adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-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

4.5

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and the alternative spin it had on Mulan (one of my already favourite characters). I particularly loved that even though the journey was different, the ending remained how I had hoped. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Death of parent, and Death

amanda_reads24's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Death, and Violence

stories's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.5

Less “what if Mulan had to travel to the Underworld” and more “what if Shang, not Mulan, was injured by Shan Yu’s sword”, but a good read nonetheless. 

I assume the cultural references were legit, since I lack the knowledge, and specifically enjoyed the dreamlike shifting truths and reality. 

Plus, a sweet ending for *all*. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

tojtwl's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Mulan has a fun, light-hearted adventure through the underworld...except it isn't always fun and it isn't always light-hearted. A bit dragging in some parts, but pretty great overall. I like the consistency of Mulan's character, though.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death