Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

A Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir

5 reviews

cornyylynn's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War

emilywemily6's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging 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: Complicated

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I love this series, but this one was actually my least favorite. I think that is mostly because the entire series has led up to a huge, dramatic conclusion and it felt like the conflict resolved much too easily for the tension I have experienced throughout the rest of this series. There were still plenty of gut-wrenching twists and a lot of depth to this book, but I think the climax felt a little flat for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, Classism

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Genocide, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Police brutality

Minor: Sexual content

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Abandonment

shakira's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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

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This was the perfect ending to this series. I loved how everything comes together and the character development in this book was amazing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Gaslighting

Minor: Cursing

theespressoedition's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Well well well, this might be my favorite book of the series - and that's saying something, considering I still didn't really enjoy it all that much.

Just like the rest of the books, it was insanely slow with a ton of depressing sequences filled with torture and gore. I also got really confused while reading this one because of all the different kinds of mystical creatures: jinn, ghosts, fey, etc. - they all began to muddle together, especially as Elias went back and forth between "himself" and The Soul Catcher. That was another confusing bit: everyone seeming to have multiple names. Helene was also Blood Shrike, Nighbringer was formerly Keenan and also Meherya and The King-of-No-Name. I couldn't keep up with all of the terms and characters as they changed forms or went back and forth in the storyline.

I think my favorite part (sarcasm) was the fact that after Helene

lost her parents and one of her sisters, her other sister is killed before her eyes and then her lover is murdered as well.

Can this girl get a break?? It was the last book and while she's definitely not my favorite character, I wanted some kind of happy ending for her.

In addition to that, I did NOT want Keris to have any kind of positive ending. The fact that

she was able to go to The Waiting Place and pass on with her mother felt way too generous for someone as horrific as her.

Okay, so let's be honest, I could actually pick apart this book in every way, which kind of breaks my heart. Towards the end, I was actually interested for the first time throughout the entire series - and I even cried once (GASP). I only wish it could have been like that earlier on. All-in-all, this series receives a 2-star rating from me. It just isn't the best.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Blood, Grief