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Witch King by Martha Wells

56 reviews

maryellen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.75

I liked this book much better as an audio book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Colonisation, Self harm, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

kkulhannie's review

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Death, Forced institutionalization, and War

Moderate: Trafficking, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Confinement, Genocide, Violence, Slavery, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

adventurous reflective 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

4.25

The worldbuilding is very thick, so much so that even on a reread i haven't grasped all of it. Despite that I had a lovely time reading this book again, and found myself quite captivated, especially by the storyline set in the past. The main character Kai is so compelling and i love both his arcs. 
My favourite relationship was

between Kai and Bashasa, who have this very fun desperate allies to mutual respect to tender friendship to possibly future lovers dynamic.

 
Kai and Ziede I didn't really care for until late in the book, when

she helped him bury his former body.

Ziede is very cool but I feel like for a main character she was a little underdeveloped.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Grief, Genocide, Violence, Death, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Child death

laurel616's review

adventurous slow-paced

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

4.25

I had a really good time reading this book, but I will admit at the end I was a little disappointed.  It really felt like not much had happened.  It looks like this is a standalone, but reads as if it's the start of a series.  
I would definitely enjoy spending more time with some of the characters we saw less of, and I really liked the world we were in.  But this book left me wanting more, despite how much I prefer standalones.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: War and Death

petrel's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Kidnapping, and Self harm

stephaniemcuervo's review

adventurous challenging medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, War, Violence, Genocide, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent, Gore, Grief, and Kidnapping

sashahc's review

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

Just finished “Witch King” by Martha Wells.  Classic Martha Wells fantasy #book- totally original world rendered in beautiful detail, character focused in the midst of world changing politics, but honestly mostly vibes.  Casual queerness.  Humor and charm and weird species.  But also emotional depth and trauma.  Highly enjoyable.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War and Death

briely's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Slavery, Violence, and War

Moderate: Genocide

Minor: Body horror and Confinement

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.75

I liked the general plot and the characters (Martha Wells makes such compelling characters), but the worldbuilding is a lot to try and memorise as you read. I feel like if I reread this and made graphs and diagrams as I went, I'd enjoy it more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Kidnapping, Child abuse, Genocide, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Self harm

msawyer77's review

adventurous challenging 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Colonisation, Death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, and Violence