Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames

9 reviews

nikki_saulnier's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gore, Murder, War, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Grief, Violence, Death, Infidelity, Cannibalism, Blood, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy, Slavery, and Terminal illness

billyjepma's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

4.0

A proper hoot and a half. The writing is solid and somehow finds a great balance between maintaining tangible stakes and not taking itself seriously. Eames has played a lot of D&D because the vibes here are exactly that—chaotic, heartfelt, and bursting with a bravado that’s only sometimes earned but is always entertaining. It didn’t rock my world, and the pacing is too meandering for its own good, despite feeling authentic to the kind of adventure it is. The momentum never stalls, though—things move too fast for that to happen, which is a good thing. But the narrative does suffer slightly since the drama rarely has the time it needs to properly crystallize. But yeah, I had a great time and will pick up the sequel because this is the platonic ideal of a fantasy world. 

Also, I picked this up to fill the Baldur’s Gate 3 hole in my life, and it rose to the occasion! So, if anyone else is feeling similarly, this might help.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, War, Terminal illness, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Addiction, Cannibalism, and Fatphobia

betanine's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

4.0

I liked this book, but not sure who I’d recommend it to as it has a lot of swearing, a lot of violence, and general irreverence for what is proper. 

That said, there are thought provoking moments, speaking a bit of insight about life and how we handle it. No big expositions, just some very poignant thoughts of just the right amount at the right time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol

valjeanval's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.0

Funny for a couple hundred pages, but the jokes just repeat and the flaws get more noticeable as it goes on. The female characters lack and depth and the run of duck jokes and fat jokes just goes on and on.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Misogyny, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Animal death, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Terminal illness, Violence, and War

rdawnl's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Cursing

harmjoyw2's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Cursing, and Murder

macliffe's review against another edition

Swearing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

mmefish's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

2.5

It started out as a 5 star read; but halfway through the book I got tired of the recycled jokes (there is only so many times I can read about dying bards without sighing) and the lack of consequences for the characters (

losing a limb is not a problem: you can literally grow a new hand. And don’t you worry about getting an INCURABLE deadly disease: you will stumble upon a cure accidentally

). 
“Kings of the Wyld” is something of a fantasy equivalent to Becky Chambers’ Wayfarer series: everyone is a friend, nothing truly bad happens, and you can be sure there is a happy ending waiting.

P.S. “Clay let out a breath he didn't know he'd been holding.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Animal death and Domestic abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty

abutler's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Cannibalism, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Terminal illness