Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

155 reviews

gjkennedy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

its weird when a book is as good as people say it is

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

zerto's review against another edition

It was a bit too violent and vulgar for me. The flashback chapters were annoying and confusing. I don’t mind morally gray characters, but I couldn’t sympathize with any of the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Torture

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Child abuse, and Child death

Minor: Slavery

Nazca’s dead body in a barrel of horse piss was horrific

salum's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Torture

Moderate: Child death and Death

gandalf_a's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Violence, Child death, Classism, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Vomit, Slavery, War, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Trafficking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Medical content

janieboucher's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Torture, Vomit, and Violence

Moderate: Police brutality

Minor: Animal death and Body shaming

peoplearescary'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Very fun worldbuilding and characters. I really enjoyed the setting (think a sort of fantasy Venice) and how fleshed out it felt. The characters all felt pretty three-dimensional with interesting motivations. I also enjoyed the way they and the world were expanded upon via the interludes at the end of each chapter, though I can see that slowing down the story in a bad way for other people.
Slightly more bloody than I thought going in, but not really a downside.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Violence

latenightwriter's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

5.0

What a pleasant surprise this novel was. I'd be honored if anything I write could come close to it. Alas, I'll have to wait a day or so for its sequel to arrive in the mail, so I'll have to find another book to keep myself occupied with until then. 

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Content Warnings

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

bookboyfriend's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Brilliant

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Child death

cj13's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Torture, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Kidnapping, Classism, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

thndrkat's review against another edition

Clever, detailed, and entertaining but more violent, high fantasy and male than what I was in the mood for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Murder, and Violence