Reviews tagging 'Child death'

City of Thieves by David Benioff

9 reviews

nmwolfe's review

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I started out not loving this book, but by the last 100 pages I was hooked. One of my favorite reads so far this year. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Child death, Cannibalism, Blood, War, Sexual violence, Death, and Gore

mayaep's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Rape, Torture, Death of parent, Gore, Sexual violence, Violence, War, Cannibalism, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

novelideea's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Racial slurs, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Violence, Body horror, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Alcohol, Hate crime, Self harm, Misogyny, Rape, Classism, Cursing, Death, Animal death, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Child death, Excrement, Religious bigotry, War, Kidnapping, and Sexual violence

kgoody's review against another edition

adventurous sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Animal death, War, Torture, Murder, Cannibalism, Blood, Suicide, Sexual content, Child death, and Racism

chupacobbruh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Violence

Moderate: Cannibalism, War, Gun violence, Child death, and Antisemitism

booksandmo's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, Physical abuse, Violence, War, Religious bigotry, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cannibalism, Gore, Hate crime, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Child death, Sexual content, Genocide, Animal cruelty, Grief, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma

zoiejanelle's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

FUCK david benioff for writing this sad-ass book that made me bawl my eyes out.

last minute plot twist causing major character death

is a SHITTY trope. overall, the writing and the story were great. i genuinely loved it, but i'll never read it again. too tragic, too homoerotic (queer bait), too good to live again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Gore, War, and Gun violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Classism, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Grief, Police brutality, Sexual content, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

airelav's review

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective tense fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Cursing, Rape, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, War, Sexual harassment, and Death

michelareadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Blood, Death, Torture, Violence, Murder, Sexual assault, Animal death, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Misogyny, Antisemitism, Racism, Rape, and Xenophobia