Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Book That Broke the World by Mark Lawrence

6 reviews

nina_rae_131's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

I felt like this was weak compared to The Book That Wouldn't Burn. We didn't see much of

Livira, and she didn't show the same cleverness that I loved so much in the first book

. A new romance was introduced (

Arpix and Clovis

) that I wasn't feeling. There was also a new POV character introduced, Kelcha, who was kind of boring to me. 
I felt like the character development was weak compared to the first book, and that not a lot happened plotwise. It mostly just felt like this was a setup for the finale. 

I listened to the audiobook, so sorry if I spelled any names wrong. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Slavery, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Excrement

mandriol's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Amazingly complex book - it tied together a lot of the mysteries of the first book into a fascinating web. As with the first book, it was a bit slow to start but then got going. It made me want to keep reading it. I love a book that switches between multiple point of views. Can’t wait to read the next book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Murder, Genocide, Slavery, War, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Gore, Grief, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Death

Minor: Cursing

bakeybeans's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Slavery

Minor: Cannibalism

cjbrimmer's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Genocide, and Cannibalism

Moderate: War and Slavery

peregrinwho's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.75

A tad confusing at the beginning with the introduction of several new characters in a new setting, this one felt more difficult to grasp, however, once the dots started connecting so did all the branched storylines. The giant corkboard of timelines and red thread finally got its pins in place and it was magnificent--and a testament to the author's own all-knowing corkboard keeping track of things at home. There's still a few unanswered mysteries, and some absolute horrors, in here, but I'm excited to discover the rest in the finale.

After I recover from the two blood-splatter craters of horror that were Malar and Meelan's deaths😫.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Slavery

Moderate: Genocide, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail

dani_reis's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Medical trauma, Slavery, War, Grief, and Genocide

Minor: Cannibalism