Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie

10 reviews

stephaniemcuervo's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Blood, Torture, Slavery, Murder, Gore, Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Cursing, Cannibalism, Xenophobia, War, and Child death

Moderate: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Vomit, Child abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Miscarriage, Excrement, and Abortion

nerdkitten's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Vomit, War, Terminal illness, Blood, Cursing, Murder, Rape, Torture, Toxic friendship, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Cannibalism, Lesbophobia, Classism, Outing, Ableism, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Medical content, Racism, Sexual content, Alcohol, Excrement, Grief, and Xenophobia

Minor: Abortion, Body shaming, Abandonment, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Genocide, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Sexism

esknight89's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Ableism, Violence, Torture, Sexual assault, Murder, Misogyny, Gore, Vomit, Rape, Pregnancy, War, Terminal illness, Death, and Body horror

surdiablo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

5.0

Hands down the best book in the series so far. While I loved the previous books, finding them hilarious and entertaining on a vast scale, I still had an inkling of doubt about the series as a whole, wondering if it's a tad overrated due to the praise I saw it received everywhere referring to it as mind-blowing, which I didn't feel at first, regardless of my consistent enjoyment. After reading this book however, I realized that the first two books were mainly a setup for the final clash but they still masterfully connected every piece of the puzzle, some of them had been dangling in front of my nose the whole time. I wasn't prepared for the final showdown at all, and it went above and beyond my expectations. It's one of the most depressing novels that I have ever read, leaving you alone with the faintest glimmer of hope at the end, and I still loved it..

The characters of course grow further, or at least some of them thinks to themselves that they do. It leaves you with such conflicted feelings wondering who to root for, as even the nicest one among them was a

physically abusive asshole with anger issues

, yet they remain to be captivating all the same. Some of them strives to be better and fails miserably as they make the wrong choices still, while the rest of them do change, but still remain the same at their core. It was honestly a struggle to witness it, all of their lives intertwined together

and at the control of one person who was never what he initially appeared to be, who ultimately wins at the end.

It reminds you of the fact that people don't always get what they deserve, whether it's good or bad, also the fact that some people ultimately reverts back to their base instincts, when under extreme duress. 

All the doubts or questions I had throughout the series were answered and it was so satisfying to see everything unraveled, although it obviously didn't always lead to pleasure :') The whole part II was such a wild ride for me that each chapter left me breathless. It had some of the best action scenes I have ever read

holy shit, that duel was fricking amazing!!!

along with horror, distress, mystery, heartbreak and of course the humor, which this time was overshadowed by bleakness. It had moments that had me cheering at first, which soon turned into horrified gasps. As for the ending itself, pretty much

all the main characters lived which I didn't expect, and yet they are in no better position than when they started, in fact some of them are at their worst.

I can see people hating it, I definitely feel depressed about it, but it was the right ending. All in all, it was very close to a masterpiece if you ask me, almost tied with my favorite book of all time so far. I feel like I need a cigarette after finishing it and I don't even smoke.. Gonna need a palette cleanser before starting the remaining standalone novels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Gore, and War

Moderate: Cursing, Alcoholism, and Rape

Minor: Sexual content, Child death, and Pregnancy

harley_merlin's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

Ich habe diese Reihe vor einem halben Jahr angefangen. Demnach habe ich ganz schön lange gebraucht, was aber nicht an dem Buch lag, sondern eher daran, dass ich mich nicht so lange auf die Geschichte konzentrieren konnte. Eigentlich war sie bis jetzt sehr gut, voller Humor und angenehm brutal, mir waren die einzelnen Bücher aber ein wenig zu lang. Die Charaktere des Buches waren sehr angenehm. Es gab keine Superhelden und auch keine wirklichen Schurken. Dadurch konnte man sich selbst ein Bild von den Charakteren bilden und sich in viele von ihnen hineinversetzen. Die ganze Geschichte war ein wenig blutig, es wurde aber so dargestellt, dass man es eher lustig als brutal fand. Mir hat außerdem gefallen, dass die einzelnen Persönlichkeiten menschliche Probleme und Gefühle hatten und dass ich dadurch mit jedem mitfühlen konnte. Auch die, die am Anfang unnahbar und gefühlskalt wirkten, lernte ich mit der Zeit fast schon zu lieben. Ich denke sie alle hätten mal eine feste Umarmung nötig, auch wenn nicht alle sie verdient hätten. Ich muss sagen, dass ich die ganze Reihe bis hier hin geliebt habe und mich schon riesig auf den nächsten Teil freue. Leider gab es einen blöden Cliffhanger und ich habe das nächste Buch noch nicht zuhause. Ich empfehle das Buch jedem, der blutige Geschichten mit vielen Intrigen mag, auch wenn man es nur entweder hassen oder lieben kann.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Torture, Violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Murder, Blood, Cannibalism, and Self harm

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Alcohol, Pregnancy, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing

catsy2022's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

Rating: A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Slavery, War, Murder, Sexism, and Torture

Moderate: Alcoholism, Vomit, and Xenophobia

Minor: Excrement, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

marthadude's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Slavery, Vomit, War, Addiction, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, Child death, Classism, Chronic illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

The book is filled with violence and war. There is some slight lesbophobia at the end,

throughout the book, Queen Terez rebuffs Jezal's advances despite their royal marriage. At first, the implication is that she merely looks down on him due to his status as a bastard. However, it is later revealed that she is in a relationship with her handmaiden/childhood friend. Glotka imprisons her lover and blackmails her into producing 4 heirs for the king before she is released. While I don't think Glotka is a lesbophobic character, this scene is extremely unsettling.

coulro's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, Bullying, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Torture, Vomit, War, Grief, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

avscarlett's review

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, and Alcohol

podanotherjessi's review

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I have such complicated feelings about this book and ahve been sitting on rating it for hours because I just don't know how to sum up what I think. Abercrombie continues to struggle with giving his women agency in this book. There were some absolutely horrific moments that elicited the emotions they were surely meant to elicit but I struggle with whether they were necessary or not. But my lord, there is some absolutely FANTASTIC character work in this. But also sometimes I was incredibly bored by the plot.
And since this is the final book in the trilogy, I need to mention that the ending was... well complicated. It had some amazing moments, but it sometimes dragged on and some of it felt very unneeded.

Characters: 9
Plot: 7
Setting: 7
General appeal: 8
Writing style: 8
Originality: 9
Ending: 6

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Cannibalism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence