Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

The Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty

55 reviews

mirrorstorm_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

I loved this series. Sad to see it end. Only criticism I have is how the bad guys (trying to stay spoiler free) ended up over the top maniacal evil villain by the end. Dara’s past and the question of if redemption is possible for someone plot was so well done in the series up to this point that I was shocked by the full on villain role they cast the ‘bad guys’. It still was an amazing end to a great series. Just was surprised by the decision. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Slavery, War, Body horror, and Racism

Minor: Homophobia and Torture

andreabrownriley's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Death, and War

Moderate: Cursing

naddles's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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: Racism, Genocide, Grief, and Religious bigotry

dreadspawn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Slavery, Gore, Genocide, Violence, Death, Torture, Grief, Murder, Death of parent, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

ahonazaman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Slavery, Violence, and Gore

bobbyeight's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

Nobody talk to me I am unwell

(But also thank you Shannon for writing these books. They mean the world to me.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, War, Violence, Blood, Slavery, Torture, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Racism

lesliehirgelt's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Medical content, Racism, Violence, Genocide, Religious bigotry, and Slavery

Moderate: Gun violence and Classism

Minor: Child death

mweir16's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

Wowwwwweee. I loved how morally gray these characters are. There is so much depth and explanation to each characters motives. Nobody is inherently evil, just acting on their own strongly held beliefs. Horribly dark and hard to read at times, but I loved the redemption and hope available to all characters in this tale. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Genocide, and Torture

scrubsandbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

5.0

An absolutely amazing conclusion to the trilogy and my OTP got their HEA! The stakes were higher now than before but I loved the moments where they managed to just... calm down even if it felt like the calm before the storm. The pacing, the full on world-building, the development of characters I thought were not so great and didn't like from the beginning... it was all so exceptional and believable, even if for some, I went "damnit, Mrs. Chakraborty, why are you making me start to like this one??" I am going to miss this world so SO much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Genocide, Torture, and Death

emmasafford725's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Gore, Death of parent, Excrement, Gaslighting, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, and Islamophobia