Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Light Bringer by Pierce Brown

3 reviews

specialbread's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

I HATE LYSANDER. He makes me angry, but I think that is what Pierce Brown wanted me to feel. He has gone from a knowledgeable little kid to an upstanding teen to the scum of the universe adult. Let me acknowledge that I loved this book, and Darrow finally realizing that he doesn't have to do everything alone is grand. I love the Lyria side of the story. Mustang and Sevro's learning and growing past thinking of just themselves or their families is outstanding. I wish Lysander would use his brain for once and see that he is turning into his grandmother in all aspects, even though he has started to despise her in every way. I need the last book so that I can be finished with hating Lysander

. This book is excellent and necessary after reading Dark Age. It resolves problems left in the last entry while posing more issues for the cast. We are building to a finish of epic proportions in Red God.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Blood, Classism, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Sexual content

ohyeah_karyn's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Grief, Body horror, Confinement, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Classism, Death, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Slavery, War, Kidnapping, Murder, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

alastairherd's review

adventurous informative inspiring 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

4.25

I have been a big fan of all of Pierce's book, zooming through them each time they come out. I generally think that the sequel series has been better than the original triology (which some people would find very surprising).


This book was strange for me. I found the pacing to be off compoared to the other books. Part II, which is supposed to be some of the highest action, fastest part of the series, felt like it dragged on for me. And the ending felt like it kept sputtering on, with jolts that to me seemed like they should have been spread out over a few more chapters happening in an instant.


But I still think that this was a great book. It was a great return to deep character relationships. The reason I love Pierce's writing is that his characters act like people. They generally do things that make sense (apart from when he has written himself into a corner). They act in ways that don't just seem like the author speaking, but the person that he has built.

I'm excited for the final conclusion in the next book and will propbably re-read the whole series again before that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, War, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Death of parent, Slavery, Cursing, Genocide, and Murder