Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Seven Faceless Saints by M.K. Lobb

10 reviews

lottsofplots's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Gun violence, and War

criticalmiss's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

You are in Ombrazia, a fantasy world with Italian leaning. People are descended from saints and you are either blessed and receive the magic of your patron saint or you don’t receive magic at all and become unfavoured.
And to be unfavoured means, you don’t have a voice in the government, you get conscripted without your consent to the war and your murder doesn’t mean anything unless you a disciple of a saint. 
I enjoyed the magic system , and the characters were developed and flawed. A good mystery runs throughout. 
Told in a few 3rd person POV
TW: death, body mutilation, gun violence, poisoning, child death 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Child death, Grief, Blood, Death of parent, and Gun violence

introverted_reads's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, War, and Gun violence

Minor: Alcoholism and Alcohol

linnea1801's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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

4.25

Roz is a stabby queen and I love her 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Death, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Dementia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, and Classism

memento_morri's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: War, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Dementia and Suicidal thoughts

frantically's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I loved the world building in this and I'm always here for a good friends-to-enemies-to-lovers but the characterisation was off at times — there's this obvious goal of making Roz into a morally grey character and it doesn't work at all. I'm not gonna start thinking that a woman's whose a part of the rebellion is morally grey just because of it (no matter how much Damian was convinced of it). There's a lot of telling and little of showing and I just wish I could've been more immersed into the story. I have to say, I absolutely loved the writing style though! Some of the quotes about their relationship...damn, that's a romance writer in the making 😉

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Violence, War, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, and Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual content

moonchild_cos's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Violence, Gun violence, Death of parent, Murder, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief, Sexual content, War, and Classism

Minor: Confinement, Mental illness, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, and Dementia

marleywrites's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

The prose of this story was magnificent. It felt simultaneously beautiful and fierce, which I appreciated. The way the religion was described by people who believed in it, contrasted with how the anger Roz felt towards it, was jarring in the best way. 

Lobb wrote an engaging murder mystery, and I felt like the clues were enough that I understood the fact it was a clue, but I didn’t  quite know what to do with it. And that to me was excellent because the build up to the ending and the reveal was that much better because of it. I did not see the ending coming. 

I rated this a 4/5 stars because the beginning of the story was a bit slower paced for my liking, and because I felt frustrated with Roz. I understand she’s meant to be an unlikeable character, at times I felt frustrated by how easily she would throw herself into an unsafe situation for the sake of revenge. But I also understand that that’s who she is- she’s angry and seeking justice. So the character being written that way makes sense. 

I will be excited to read the sequel, Disciples of Chaos. Looking forward to more by this author!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Cursing, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts

metaphorsandmisc's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death of parent, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Gun violence

inlibrisveritas's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

I loved the world-building, the mystery, and the entire plot..but what I didn't like was the lack of self-awareness when the romance plot deemed it necessary. Prickly characters are my jam, I love characters that avoid being close to others. But I don't like when they can both acknowledge the sheer magnitude of the prickliness and then be clueless about why everyone thinks the worst of them. 

You can't spend 90% of your time lying, having people know you lie and then be upset when someone thinks you're lying. Come on now...get it together. She's also unnecessarily cruel towards her love interest, which is partially understandable in the beginning portion but becomes more and more unwarranted as more of the reason, motivations, and feelings are revealed. 

All of that being said, by the end of the book the MCs got a point where I think the second book will go much better for me, and I am genuinely interested in seeing what more the world and it's saints have in store. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Gun violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Sexual content

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