Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Shadowglass by Rin Chupeco

15 reviews

alicelalicon's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Murder, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, and War

kathrynleereads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

Rin Chupeco did not disappoint with The Shadowglass, the final installment in The Bone Witch trilogy. 

Without going into too much detail, every big question I had following the end of The Heart Forger was answered, and every one of Tea’s questionable decisions during the Bard’s chapters was explained. 

With all the open plot and character holes going into The Shadowglass, I thought there were just too many loose ends for me to be really satisfied with only one more book, but somehow Chupeco managed it. 

I can’t praise Rin Chupeco enough for the intricate web she laid out with the inclusion of the Bard’s chapters in the future. 

Because of these chapters, the revelation of the Traitor within the midst of the asha didn’t come until the very end of the book, when it just made everything click together. 

I sang my praises for the wonderful characters in this series in my reviews for both The Bone Witch and The Heart Forger, and my love for each of them has only grown since then (with one exception - IYKYK).

Tea’s growth from the frightened little girl at the beginning of The Bone Witch to the frightening young woman at the end of the series is astounding.

I cannot recommend this series enough. Although the first book is a little slow, The Bone Witch trilogy is now a top-five favorite of mine and I’m looking forward to rereading this series for years to come.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Medical content, Animal death, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

planetarycrow's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Body horror

karatheragna's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness, Gaslighting, Animal death, Grief, and Death

pitchblackkoi's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

Conclusion to the best series I’ve read in a long long time. It’s a tragedy and you know that from the beginning. You know how it’s going to end because there’s no other way for it to end, really. But it’s deeply satisfying to watch it get there and with the structure of the narrative you can guess at twists without it ruining to reveal for you. Definitely going to be a long term favorite. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Gaslighting

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

I LOVED this series. Each book was so well done. I loved the world, I enjoyed all the characters, and I even liked the ending. I was nervous that the ending would be unfulfilling, but it was kind of perfect. I will def be reading more from this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Blood, Death, Murder, Grief, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

its_van_vulpen's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense 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

5.0

Definitely the best of the series

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Grief, War, Violence, Blood, Death, Murder, and Torture

bandysbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

I have had a somewhat conflicted relationship with The Bone Witch Trilogy. The first book was good enough to give the second book a shot. The second book was my favorite in the series. And then there's book three, which was just okay for me. 

I do think that book three wrapped up the story line pretty well and provided closure everywhere that it needed to, but I also felt like it started to get a bit repetitive. I found myself a bit bored at points and only really kept reading because I'd read so much of the series already.

All in all, if you enjoyed the first two books, I'm sure you'll likely enjoy this one too. It isn't anything revolutionary, but does wrap up the series effectively. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Blood, Death, Grief, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

scarlett_f's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Murder, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Alcohol and Mental illness

amre23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Blood, Suicide attempt, Gore, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Misogyny, and Death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Genocide, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Transphobia, Grief, Child abuse, and Bullying

Minor: Torture, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Body horror, and Toxic friendship