Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie

21 reviews

directorpurry's review

challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Confinement

Moderate: Transphobia and Death

badbadwolf's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, Vomit, War, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Violence, Confinement, Grief, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Slavery

iane_reads's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Blood, Violence, Murder, Ableism, Death, Gaslighting, and Slavery

Moderate: Suicide, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, War, Child death, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Confinement, Transphobia, Trafficking, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Minor: Alcohol, Colonisation, Bullying, Vomit, Animal death, Sexual content, Excrement, Abortion, Genocide, and Domestic abuse

crows_in_a_trenchcoat's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Suicide and Blood

kryg's review

mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide

lucystolethesky's review

dark mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Slavery, Confinement, and Violence

Minor: Transphobia

secondhandbookshelves's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.75

A very slow burn. Things didn't really get moving until 80% of the way through - and at first flipping between the narrator and "you" was very disconcerting. 
Once I got the hang of how it was written.... I still struggled. The entire book is backstory & build up to book two. 
There are many gods in this land, typically they focus on a specific thing (weapons, food, weather, etc) but others are more broad (the Forest protects the town from sickness)
This story follows Strength & Patience of the Hill, who is a rock god & her story over time. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, War, Confinement, and Death

mpbookreviews's review

adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, and Murder

Minor: Slavery and War

lanid's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Body horror, Colonisation, Death, and War

hailstorm3812's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I read this because it's based on Hamlet but I almost feel like it could have contained less Hamlet. The strongest aspects are the mysterious 2nd person POV and the flashbacks to the time of gods in the North. I feel like the original pitch was Hamlet and as it developed it could have been cut more instead of hitting beats for the sake of hitting them. I did really like Eolo and The Strength and Patience of the Hill. I feel like Eolo and Mawat and Eolo and Tikaz's relationships could have developed more. The Hamlet cast felt a little flat, relying on what we know about them instead of who they are in this story. The Gods and mythollogy was so interesting and I loved the world building. The ending was rushed. I kind of wanted to see what would happen after.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

Minor: Transphobia