Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley

22 reviews

ionablue's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

cleot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Self harm, Slavery, Animal death, Torture, Death, and War

zachzakku's review

adventurous emotional inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

This is one of those times when I really want to give a book 10 stars out of five. Like, all those other times I've said that, I was joking--I lost no sleep over giving 5 stars. In this case, I will stay up all night, concocting bribes I can offer Story Graph to let me give this particular book, just this once, 10 stars.

Pulley's writing is so stupid beautiful, I would recommend literally anything by her. Would recommend this book even if I hadn't enjoyed the story itself. So many lines struck me as perfectly right and lovely that I had to stop and read them to myself over and over.

But also, I did enjoy the story--it's so whip-quick and full of gut-punches and adventure, and I just want to hug Kite and I'm so very glad Joe is there to hug him for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Animal death

maeverose's review against another edition

4.0

This would be a solid 5 stars if it weren’t for one  thing that rubbed me the wrong way…

That  being the way Kite murdered Frank and everyone just kinda forgot about it. Like that made him irredeemable to me. I would’ve loved the whole romance plot line and been totally happy with the ending if it weren’t for that one thing. If the author is autistic I’d be willing to look past it, even though I still think it was an odd choice, but if she’s allistic that gives me the ick. The way he was physically restrained, slapped and literally murdered while having a meltdown? Just to keep Joe from remembering who he was. That is not justified on Kite’s part. At all. And Joe just seemingly forgets about it after a while??

I also didn’t love some of the ways the author described Kite’s scarring and Clay’s disfigurement and ‘childlike’ behavior from his trauma. It could just be Joe’s/Kite’s thoughts not the author’s, but it bothered me a bit. It wasn’t horrible though.

Otherwise I really liked this book. I heard someone suggest it as a book similar to The Binding (which I also liked until I found out the author was a terf), and this definitely has a similar feel to The Binding, though a pretty different plot. I knew very little going in and I think that’s the best way to read it. Despite how mostly negative this review is I would recommend this if the synopsis sounds intriguing. Just check content warnings!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, War, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Body shaming, Misogyny, Rape, Child abuse, Gore, Medical content, and Sexual content

Minor: Racism, Ableism, and Fatphobia

graphic: Amnesia, Intrusive Thoughts, minor: Eugenics

clarabooksit's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Animal cruelty, Violence, Murder, Mental illness, Death, Gun violence, War, Kidnapping, Sexism, and Animal death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Xenophobia, Blood, Colonisation, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, and Suicide

dananana's review against another edition

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

5.0

THIS JUST REWIRED MY BRAIN CHEMISTRY 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Colonisation, Death, Blood, Gun violence, Violence, War, and Slavery

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcohol

kavarnistka's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Slavery

Minor: Rape, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Animal death, and Murder

tamara_joy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Classism, Gore, Slavery, Gun violence, Colonisation, and Grief

Minor: Abandonment, Murder, Alcohol, and Animal death

spacebornfew's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

5.0

There's something about Natasha Pulley's books that just breaks me every time. They contain these moments that elicit this indescribable feeling of safety and warmth and belonging that curls up in my gut and sits there for days afterwards. Those moments intersperse with heartbreak and remorse and questions about what makes us who we are... I'm going to have a hell of a hangover from this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, War, Violence, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Slavery, Gun violence, Suicide, Torture, and Blood

Minor: Xenophobia

breadwitchery's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, War, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Slavery, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Animal death, and Xenophobia

Minor: Suicide, Homophobia, Rape, Cursing, Alcohol, and Sexual content