Reviews tagging 'Grief'

We Free the Stars by Hafsah Faizal

40 reviews

shannnne_reads_words's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, War, and Sexism

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and Child death

gabydoesgrowth's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

This was a fitting end to a great story. I definitely think this was better than We Hunt the Flame. The pacing made more sense and the story felt like it was moving forward instead of just existing. I did sometimes get lost in the details a bit so I had to go back and reread chunks. The characters kept me committed to this story. I was so excited to see how each one grew and changed as they became a true zumra. I loved Zafira and Nasir’s connection, although I do wish we’d gotten just a bit more! But I do appreciate that this is a YA story and think it was well done considering the target audience. I was so hesitant to finish the book, I took a few days off from reading because I didn’t want it to end. 

The ending to Altair and Nasir’s story was *chef’s kiss* and I was glad for Kifah, but I wish we had gotten to see more of Zafira post-journey. We know Aldair will be a great king and Nasir will be the best caliph he can be, but where does Zafira fit into that reality? I know she will carve out a space for herself to be independent and support the change that is already unfolding, but I wish we got to see how.

Ultimately, I really liked the duology  and definitely see this as a re-read for me in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexism, Death, Violence, and Misogyny

Minor: Classism and Gaslighting

maple_dove's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring 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

5.0

In my humble opinion, this book did not fall into the pit of sequel in a trilogy/duology syndrome (I forgot what it's called). I'm stuck between rating this 4.75 or 5 stars. I chose the latter.

This book just made me love the characters and the world even more. I binged this book in two days.

There's also aroace rep! It's nice to not have every character to have a romantic love interest. :)

I didn't write any quotes down, however, there are a lot of good quotes in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, War, Violence, Murder, Confinement, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Medical content, and Gore

Minor: Torture and Sexual content

I didn't keep exact track of the content warnings as I did for the previous book so these content warnings might not be entirely accurate.

oceana_bookworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad 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

This book… was probably one of the best books I have read. The writing is so beautiful and amazing, every part of it made me want the book last forever. The ending was amazing and I could read this book over and over again.🥹

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gore, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

doodeedoda's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Sexism, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

xynub_456's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Friggin' amazing.
if you really love the first book as much as you wanted to, take my advice, and pick up the second one it beautifully written and will be worth your time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gore, Murder, and Death of parent

tahsintries's review against another edition

emotional

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Grief, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, and Blood

bri__'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25

The last part of this book was great but I definitely found that alot of the middle was dragged and that caused me to take a week in completing this book. The writing is impeccable and the plot is insanely complex.

I loved Nasir so much throughout this series but I found Zafira to be a very complicated character to deal with due to her tendency to run away from her problems (being her relationship with Nasir). Yes there was some partial enemies to lovers in this duology but he fell in love with her during their time on Sharr so I wouldn't say it was that long a period of time. As stated already I did enjoy the ending, I'm just disappointed we didn't get to see more of the possible dynamic between Altair and Yasmine or the actual effect of magic among the community since we only got to see snippets.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, War, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical content

Minor: Child death and Infertility

marie_reads_again's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-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: Death of parent, Death, Child abuse, and Blood

Moderate: War, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

maeverose's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Violence, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Murder, Confinement, and Gore

Minor: Grief and Misogyny

Loss of control over your thoughts and actions is a pretty big theme throughout

The main character is attached to this book that has a conscience and it drives her to brutally murder someone and generally makes her want to kill