Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor

24 reviews

november_is_reading1114's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Slavery and Physical abuse

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.0

2023: 4 stars. I liked this a lot better than the first, for my second read. I just enjoyed seeing the war/politics/double crossing/intrigue, so much more interesting. 

2017: 4 stars 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Animal death, Body horror, Medical content, Sexual violence, War, Slavery, Death, Child death, Colonisation, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Self harm, and Misogyny

lililoves's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

Awesome second instalment of the daughter of smoke and bone trilogy. I could have read more chapters of the adventures of Mik and Zuzu (basically just them running around the world as Zuzana comes up with increasingly more challenging tasks for Mik to complete). I loved the world building and learning more about Eretz and the cliff hanger ending had me yelling as I reached for the 3rd book. For a book that was quite slow paced in the middle, I still felt that Taylor kept me on my toes. You cannot possible guess the twists and turns that this book is going to make. Just when you think you've got it, the carpet gets pulled out from under your feet. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Torture

WARNING: MAJOR character death and the rape scene isn't too intense because it doesn't actually happen but I know that even just an attempted rape scene can be hard for some to read

bringmybooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

Original Read: 2015, Re-Read: July 2023
Original Rating 5 ★ , Re-Read Rating 5 ★

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HOW ARE THESE BOOKS SO GOOD I DON’T UNDERSTAND IT

The writing is just unreal, the imagery is unbelievable. IT’S JUST SO GOOD 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Torture, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Violence, Death, Sexual violence, Genocide, War, and Murder