Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Silver in the Bone by Alexandra Bracken

3 reviews

simon326's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad fast-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

3.75

I picked up this book for a very low price at a book shop's clearance sale, and I was very pleasantly surprised. The story is a magical adventure with the modern world and Arthurian legend mixed together. The world itself is unique and well crafted with magic being an important part, but not the be all and end all of life. I was also pleasantly surprised with some of the dark aspects of the story and the gut punches that came with them. 

The cover comments stress the romantic aspects and, while some people will enjoy them, I personally found them to be a bit clumsy, but not intrusive enough to be detrimental to the overall enjoyment of the story. 

Overall, it's a pretty well-crafted fantasy adventure, with a story which I think a lot of people will enjoy and I would recommend it. I knocked off a few points from the score because it didn't quite absorb me as much as it could have and for a certain moment which I won't spoil, but that is just as case of my personal preference, and shouldn't get in the way of anyone else enjoying this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Sexual content

lenarthoe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

The end was extremely confusing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

uranaishi's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Child abuse, Child death, Medical content, Abandonment, Blood, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Violence, and War

Minor: Chronic illness, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Sexual content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Vomit