Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

We Unleash the Merciless Storm by Tehlor Kay Mejia

5 reviews

qteabeans's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring fast-paced

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

3.0

A solid sequel and it is a delight to read a duology. I feel like some of Carmen's enemies lacked the depth needed to make them compelling. And some of the emotional waffling felt forced to create *drama*. Still, it was very gay and had a relatively satisfying ending to the tension created in the first book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Xenophobia

Moderate: Death of parent and Homophobia

jem_carstairs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.5

This started off a little slow and didn’t grip me as much as the first book did, but when it got going I really enjoyed it and I loved the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

nefariousbee's review

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Murder, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, and Violence

kaidoz's review

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

3.75

I honestly liked this one better than the first book in the series. The plot was a lot more fast-paced and it seemed more life or death which made me care about the characters more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Police brutality, Violence, Sexism, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Grief, Death, and Cursing

Minor: Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Child death, Kidnapping, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Blood, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault

Book centers around a rebellion in a society where women are viewed as commodities. Men are given two trained wives and there is a lot of institutionalized sexism because of it. It also includes war and mentions attacks from the police state.

rwmccormic's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Xenophobia

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Gaslighting, and Sexual content