Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Season of the Bruja, Vol. 1 by Aaron Duran

5 reviews

betweentheshelves's review

adventurous 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

3.0

I wanted to love this because the art is so, so gorgeous, but the writing and the world building just fell a little flat for me. We're dropped right in the middle of the action, which is normally fine for me, but I didn't feel like there were enough details in the rest of the story to fill in what was going on. I still felt quite confused by the end of the book.

It seems like this might be a series, though (maybe?), so perhaps we'll get more details later on. The concept was interesting, and I loved the magical elements woven throughout the text. The characters were also great! We just needed those world details to really put the reader on the same page.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Racism, and Death

Moderate: Colonisation, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Self harm

clarabooksit's review

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Colonisation and Racism

destiel74's review

adventurous emotional medium-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

4.25

It was a good adventurous story with good magical and cool creatures.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Colonisation and Violence

indeedithappens's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Police brutality, Animal death, Body horror, Colonisation, Death of parent, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Violence, War, Xenophobia, and Racism

ilana_banana's review

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Violence, Grief, Cultural appropriation, Racism, and Colonisation