Reviews tagging 'Violence'

La Lame du Roi by Melissa Blair

112 reviews

katscradle's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I thought the main romance would be sapphic... it's not </3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual harassment

crinkledmochi's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I enjoyed this book and will definitely read the next one to see what happens but some of the twists and turns were kinda obvious and the characters could’ve been a little more fleshed out 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

booksdogsandcoffee's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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For the people who loved tog and Acotar but knew it was missing diverse and queer characters A Broken Blade is absolutely for you. Blair provides us with lush storytelling f all while the plot is parallel to what we did to indigenous people (USA &canada) Keera is a multilayered character that you can’t help but love because of her big heart all the damage she carries with her. I can’t wait to see where this series goes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Racism, Self harm, Violence, Xenophobia, War

Moderate: Body horror, Sexual content

taynation's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous inspiring 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, War

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent

bookshelfoverload's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

bergha1998's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional 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: Yes

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I was not expecting this book to be so unique, I thought it would just be a Romantasy. But it’s so much more dialogues about racism, addiction, slavery. Very well done and interesting. I’m excited to read the second book. 

Fantasy, Enemies to Lovers, Character Development, 2 🔥

“And still he found beauty in the darkness of it, in my light and my shadows.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content

ruthannejoy's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 26%

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The violence just was too much for me. Torturing and killing good people is not something I'm down to read about right now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder

Moderate: Genocide

Minor: Child death

elskede's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious 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: Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, Murder, Abandonment

anntharai's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I do wonder if this book is a victim of its own hype. I was hesitant to read at first due to the hype around itd then when it came up available on my library app I thought it had been long enough but I still found myself with expectations. It was fine. I'm not sure if it felt like a cliff hanger, Straight up sequel bait, or like they wanted to write a longer book but split it in two... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, Classism

Moderate: Torture

reed_harmon's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Violence

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Genocide, Physical abuse