Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Lost Heir by Tui T. Sutherland

7 reviews

star_charter152's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Murder, Child death, War, and Death

Moderate: Confinement

hedyharper's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Murder, War, Xenophobia, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Animal death, Blood, and Confinement

lolajh's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Bless these damn dragons 🤭 Such a perfect plot with perfect characters, even though a lot of the main dragonets weren’t in like half the book. But the sea!!!! Riptide!!!! Anemone!!!! So many beautiful introductions and developments, especially Tsunami, who was definitely overdue for some development (if you start reading and think she’s a brat, just keep reading, she gets so much better). I am thoroughly loving this series so far, so excited to read Glory’s book immediately 😫

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Animal death, and Child death

Moderate: War and Death of parent

izzygyrl's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: War, Death of parent, Blood, Torture, Animal death, Abandonment, Death, and Adult/minor relationship

orchidlilly's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Confinement, Grief, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Ableism, Emotional abuse, War, Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping, Stalking, Torture, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Racism, Death of parent, Body horror, and Bullying

Minor: Colonisation and Abandonment

wolfiegrrrl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The Lost Heir picks up where the first book left off and reveals a lot about the sociopolitical climate of the SeaWing kingdom, where Queen Coral literally controls the narrative.

After losing her friends' trust, Tsunami is propelled forward on a personal journey that calls into question her leadership skills and never quite forgets the fact that she is still conflicted about killing that feral SeaWing in Scarlet's arena. She likes feeling strong and intimidating, but she struggles to understand why her friends are scared of that strength when she is just trying to keep them safe in the only way she knows how (in a way that runs interestingly parallel to Kestrel). And after being held prisoner underground for her entire life so far, she had latched onto the childlike idea that being royalty (and a dragonet of prophecy) is a form of freedom where she gives the orders and everyone else follows without question - except now she may end up under the watchful talon of yet another overbearing guardian!

The story sets Tsunami up for a hard lesson about how leadership requires communication and teamwork, and how sometimes talking and really listening is more effective than intimidation tactics. After all, learning to be less impulsive and value working as a group are strengths in and of themselves! The burden of responsibility is much lighter when shared, especially when that burden is a prophecy that has been called into question yet again. This time, readers are prompted to wonder just how authentic this prophecy is when seemingly every party with an interest in upholding it appears to have ulterior motives.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Death, Blood, Confinement, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent, Abandonment, Classism, and Animal death

aesthetic_bookreader's review

adventurous hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, War, Toxic friendship, and Murder