Reviews tagging 'Violence'

All of Our Demise by C.L. Herman, Amanda Foody

46 reviews

nicoledelairs's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

fyredragyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Body horror

crunchylettuce's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, and Torture

Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Blood, Violence, and Grief

isitcertain's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Torture, Blood, Death, Violence, Mental illness, Gore, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

directorpurry's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child abuse

madison_reads_'s review against another edition

dark 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

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping and Torture

Minor: Self harm

killetcak's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Torture, Self harm, Murder, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Kidnapping

jaimee_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse

bzliz's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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

5.0

The conclusion to this deadly tournament could not have clutched me in its grasp any harder. I know it would be easy to criticize certain character choices or plot points but I simply do not care that characters bounce from one alliance to the next like a ping pong ball (they are children faced with nothing but uncertain, impossible choices doing the best they can with the information they have in that exact moment) or just how convoluted the relationship between the spell makers, the government & the families ends up. I don’t even care about how convenient it is that the remaining champions- including a new addition, bound to the tournament against his will with hasty, experimental magick- end up with someone to pair off with.

The relationship between Alistair and Gavin is a fantastic development from enemies to lovers. Isobel and Reid also make sense to me, still enemies to lovers but in a more this relationship is definitely a little toxic considering we both took each other as prisoners at one point and we each have our own serious personal growth to do kind of way. Briony and Finley are the most predictable and boring but I think that has more to do with him being essentially a prop in her story than anything else. Briony’s final sacrifice made me tear up- she became a true hero rather than the heroic charade her family had been playing at.

There could not have been a better ending for this sequel and it certainly could not have been happier without completely betraying the horrors faced by everyone whose lives were impacted by the tournament curse. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Self harm, Torture, Blood, Death, Gore, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

katymat18's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I’m not sure what I expected for an ending but I genuinely love this duology. I stand by all the so-called villains, and quite frankly I forgave them before they even forgave themselves. Just when I thought the enemies to lovers trope couldn’t get better All of Our Demise delivered even MORE! The ending had me gasping, but ***SPOILER**** we knew not everyone could survive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Death

Minor: Death of parent