Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker

72 reviews

wannabe_lee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and War

Minor: Animal cruelty

thissmoi's review against another edition

Enjoyed the first half but the second half got so trope-y it lost me, and it was so long I didn’t want to power through. A LOT could have been edited out. Also, I am begging fantasy authors, please stop making up words purely for the sake of it. If an animal is functionally a cow, you can call it a cow. I promise it won’t take away from the world building. Or a day. Or mother and father. Or morning and evening. The story takes place across multiple years (I THINK??) but I didn’t want to keep going back to the glossary to translate words, which is the only place anything is given context, so I never had a clear sense of how much time was passing. I’m pretty sure she was hiding behind a wall for 10 hours but it also could have been 10 days. I really couldn’t tell you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Death, Torture, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

doahdancer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

Minor: Rape and Cannibalism

tuesdays314's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault and Vomit

Minor: Animal death

dkgreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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? No

5.0

This is the type of fantasy that I freaking live for! Dragons. Magic. Fae. A badass FMC with a snarky mouth. A love story that makes your chest ache. Unique world building and magic system. Spice. Action. Mystery. Lore that kinda breaks your heart. Ok. TOTALLY breaks your heart. This book was SO GOOD and I absolutely cannot wait for the next installment!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content and Death of parent

rdrake510's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

hollyloves2read's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

dani_reis's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Infidelity

Animal death

mystical, die and turn into moons. Torture of mystical animals.

ashlyncherie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Wow. I don’t even know what to say. Only a couple of things kept me from giving this 5 stars. There were a few grammar errors throughout. And then the pacing from about 50-75% was a little slow. The ending, while it confirmed a lot of my theories and suspicions, also had a little shock value but at the same time wasn’t what I was expecting. I didn’t get all of the character development/relationship resolution that I was hoping for.

I really thought that at least by the end of this big book she would’ve divulged her memories! I mean we know who The Other is, who she is, who Kyzira is, and her past with the Scavenger King now, but it bugs me so bad that Kaan doesn’t!

the slow-burn was great. I could’ve gone for an even slower burn and more banter, but Kaan is a dream. I will definitely be reading book 2, and I can’t wait!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual violence

kaitisbooknook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-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

3.75

I had some minor issues with the pacing and some lingering questions about the magic system that I hope will be explained throughout the series, but I found this to be a super unique and engaging take on fae and dragon lore, fully rooted for the main character, and totally melted over the romance 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Racism, Slavery, Blood, Death of parent, and War