Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Elias & Laia - In den Fängen der Finsternis by Sabaa Tahir

28 reviews

scandinavian_queen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Genocide

Minor: Gore, Physical abuse, War, Child abuse, Misogyny, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Child death

urlocalvocaloidstan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

  Just like the other books in this series, this book was such a page turner and there were plot twists at every corner. All the characters had really good writing and Laia’s trauma from being betrayed by the Nightbringer still haunts her even in this book. Both the internal and external conflicts felt very real and you could easily sympathize with even evil people like Marcus. All three of the main characters go through so much and they have to make super tough decisions that could bring the end of the world, especially The Blood Shrike, so it would make sense if they were unlikable characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Animal death, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Genocide

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child death, Confinement, Medical content, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Toxic relationship

lee_6398's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Slavery

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Genocide, Islamophobia, Murder, and Physical abuse

Minor: Suicide

jackiepreston's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and War

Moderate: Slavery, Rape, and Pregnancy

alyssasaurus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War

victoria_elaine's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? N/A

3.5

I really love this series, but I hope the fourth book is better than this. I did not like what became of Elias, and Helene definitely became the main focus of the plot. I wasn’t constantly motivated to keep reading it, but I got there eventually. I can’t wait to read the final book in the series. I think it will wrap everything up nicely and (hopefully) it will bring together a couple of ships iykyk 😉 P.S. rage rant in the spoiler

WHO LET ELIAS DITCH LAIA LIKE THAT??? LIKE WHAT?!?! BUT IM SO IN LOVE WITH HELITAS (HEL AND AVITAS HARPER)!!!! ISTG IF HE DIES I WILL JUMP OFF A CLIFF. AND COOK BEING THE LIONESS MADE ME SCREAM.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, War, Pregnancy, Murder, and Gore

Minor: Rape, Death of parent, and Genocide

biancas_library's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.75

In this installment, I loved Helene's storyline the most. Her character developed so much in comparison to the first book. Besides that, it just was the most interesting and suspenseful. 
Elias' storyline, however, I didn't like at all. I just couldn't find myself being invested in it.

The whole book I was waiting for them to figure out a way for Elias to not be the Soul Catcher. They didn't but I really freaking hope that they will in the next book. I'm not mentally prepared for anything else.

Therefore, I nocked 0.25 points off my rating.

Other than that, I again was a huge fan of Tahir's writing style and I loved that she took the conflict that's been building up a notch further. I can't wait to see how everything will be resolved in the next - and last - book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

Moderate: Genocide, Murder, Pregnancy, Racism, and Torture

Minor: Slavery

atamano's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Torture, Violence, and War

agustdefault's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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? No

5.0

WOW. okay this book took me Forever to read like more than a week?? which is crazy because this is my favorite book in the series so far. it was hard to read because all of these characters i love were failing over and over again but it was amazingly written. this book is where all of the little details throughout the series come together and there were so many oh moments for me. plus the addition of helenes pov throughout the entire story!! i was hesitant about that at first but it truly added so much. i love a good not so evil villain. and harper!!!!!!!!

okay harper and helene are so cute please girl just be with him also COOK????? i knew there was something going on with her but i did not see that coming. the next book better bring my bf elias back quickly i miss him also im glad the jinn are free i felt so bad for them

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, War, Violence, Torture, Murder, and Genocide

kilic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Xenophobia, War, Violence, Torture, Slavery, Sexism, Pregnancy, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent