Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E. Harrow

87 reviews

livck's review

dark reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

There wasn’t a single excess word or line in this perfectly crafted short story. Like distilling a great fantasy novel into a few pages but keeping every ounce of the pace, romance, emotion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Kidnapping

dearhaleynicole's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

There was definitely a magic to these 30 pages. How she wrote an epic love story in just that many pages I'll never fully understand. I went in hearing a lot of hype about it and was not disappointed other than I wanted more (but I think that's the point, in a way, really).

Note: I read this just coming off the heels of reading Alix's other most recent work Starling House and I think it actually gave me some insight into her writing style some which is really nice. Definitely has me looking forward to reading her other works in the future!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, War, and Death

reka111's review

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I wonder what the songs will say about the Devil now that she is covered in the blood of her own God.

I honestly can't really decide if I liked this or not. Basically, I easily identified with it and liked the narrative, but somehow something seemed to be missing. I had a bit of a Joan of Arc feeling from this book, but that's probably just me.

If you're looking for a quick and nicely written short story, I recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: War and Violence

Minor: Death

miniingrid's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, War, and Murder

Minor: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Slavery

angeliquescollection's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Speechless. I’m in mourning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death, and War

Moderate: Child death

laelolou's review

dark reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I was keeping my expectations low because how do you cover a well written story in just 30 pages? And even if you do I wouldn't have time to sympathize and get attached to the characters, right? The author just proved me wrong - I didn't think a short story would stick with me for a long time but I can't stop thinking about this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

abookwormspov's review

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Gore, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Violence, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Child abuse

kristinallard's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, and Blood

blubonby's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

this is so easily a 5 stars. Everything about this is amazing. So much story and life and feeling packed into every single one of these pages. I genuinely can’t even believe it’s only 30 pages long. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and Death

vj_thompson's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.5

So much emotion was packed in the 30 pages. The writing is beautiful and lyrical. I felt like I was there standing next to the main character and her squire. The ending, wow wow wow. The ending gave me chills. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Suicide, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, War, Torture, Toxic relationship, Child death, Classism, Gore, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content