Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Gallant by V.E. Schwab

63 reviews

kayladaila's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Kidnapping, Murder, Mental illness, Self harm, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy and Ableism

librarianlayla's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Dark, gritty and haunting.

Schwab has a magical way with words, masterfully weaving stories with emotion and magic that leave the reader breathless.

She sees the beauty in the macabre and shares it with us. A small book that leaves a big impression.

If you enjoy dark and mysterious books with a hint of the supernatural then this is for you.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Violence, and Suicide

lizgriffinwords's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

5.0

Utterly excellent. Think "dark Narnia" vibes. The reading difficulty is appropriate for audiences as young as middle grade but still riveting to adult readers. Schwab can do no wrong, honestly.

And it thrills me to no end that an aroace protagonist hit #1 on the NYT Bestseller list.

Content warnings: parental death (in past), major character death (on page)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

Minor: Blood and Violence

moonlitxpages's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

Moderate: Mental illness and Violence

Minor: Murder and Animal death

bookaholic_in_wonderland's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Suicide, Violence, Abandonment, Death, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Grief

cyan_altaria's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

4.0

This book is pretty good, but it had a few flaws.  First, why did no one tell Olivia anything? It would have solved so many problems.  Second, why did Olivia go near the spooky door? That thing clearly has bad vibes! Overall, I found the plot to be too simplistic for my taste.  The side characters weren't really fleshed out, which dampened my enjoyment.  However, this book did the suspense very well.  Schwab also did a great job of portraying Olivia thought's and feelings.  A solid 4 star, but I am exited to read some of V.E. Schwab's other work!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Death, Blood, Body horror, and Grief

Minor: Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

foreverinastory's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I constantly thought the narrator was actually Neil Gaiman and that is the highest order of compliment I can bestow to a male narrator.

Rep: white asexual(?) mute cis female MC, white side characters.

CWs: Death, death of parent, blood, grief, animal death, abandonment, bullying, ableism, child death, suicide, gore, self harm, suicidal thoughts, violence, kidnapping, murder. Moderate: injury/injury detail, mental illness, body horror. Minor: alcoholism. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Abandonment, Blood, Suicide, Death of parent, Bullying, Gore, Death, Self harm, Violence, Kidnapping, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism

laurajeangrace's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Violence, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Suicide, and Child death

tarynlannister's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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

4.5

I gobbled this book up. I can't remember the last time I found a book where all I wanted to do in my free moments, no matter how short, was get in a few pages, where in the tense parts my eyes were racing over the pages almost faster than I could understand the words. It's a lovely, reflective little book. It's dark, but more in a Gothic way than a depressing way. Death is a major theme, but the persistence of our spirits and our connection with those we love beyond death is too, and definitely mitigates that. I wish it had resolved a little differently in some ways, but otherwise I really loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, Violence, Blood, Suicide, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Terminal illness, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death

galaxyelfjess's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

It's definitely a lot like Crimson Peak! I've never read the Secret Garden so I can't say much about that but I think it would appeal to fans of that as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Violence, Bullying, and Child death

Multiple people within the story do die, and it is a bit graphicly detailed. Lots of mentions of people turning into ash and bone. The child death is described not in graphic detail but it is described.