Reviews tagging 'Violence'

A Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir

95 reviews

mmh_3501's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Violence

queermothman's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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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Sabaa when I catch you!!

This book does its job, but I do think it's the weakest in the series.

Helene gets NOTHING are you KIDDING ME?? what was the point in making her suffer so much???? She winds up alone while Laia and Elias just get off free???? Yeah Darin dies, but Mirra gets brought back conveniently and Laia is just fine with that.

Keris is one of the most chilling, well written female villains I've ever read, and you END HER STORY LIKE THIS????? HUH???

So, it could have been better. I honestly think this series could have been expanded into 5 installments. (And also written as an adult series.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Murder, War

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Genocide, Slavery

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

brophayy's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Apparently you can give books more than 5 stars on StoryGraph so I did 

Crying over my paperwork at my desk at work rn. I'm going to start Heir as soon as I get home 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Abandonment, Colonisation, Classism

Moderate: Genocide, Violence, Grief, War

tired_cicada's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad 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: Complicated

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If I could give this book more stars I would! 

This series deserves every acclaim! It is truly a literary masterpiece that I don’t think will ever be topped and it not being more popular is a CRIME!!! 

Everything is stunning, from the world building, to the characters, to that stakes, all the way down to very prose on the page! Simple amazing! 

I want to say more but I am still so fresh of reading it and nothing I could say would to it justice! It is an experience I wish on everyone! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Sexual content

rheagoveas's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Violence, Blood, War

missmoth's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, War

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

paradoxchild's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, War

brynn_books's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional 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

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Ngl I'm kind of glad to be done with these just so I can finally move on to something else. They weren't bad. I love the writing and the story. I was just kind of bored at times? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent

jordicanread's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional sad 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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Overall, this book was good and it wrapped up the series almost perfectly. I loved A Torch Against the Night and A Reaper at the Gates, so I was excited for this final book. Unfortunately, it did leave me a bit disappointed. I was very bittersweet 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, War

Moderate: Child death, Racism

SABAA TAHIR DID NOT HAVE TO KILL OFF HARPER. I find it difficult to believe that his death severed any other purpose other than shock value. Helene literally lost her entire family and Harper taught her how to heal and love again, just for him to be ripped away? I don’t get it. Maybe I’m bitter, but his character deserved more. Also, I just wasn’t a fan of the antagonists’ povs. I think it took away from the emotion of their backstories.