Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Cruel Illusions by Margie Fuston

16 reviews

lannke8's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

luceeefur's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

I was excited about this book for the Buffy comparison's, but I found it too be far for YA than I would usually pick for myself. That being said, this was filled with a lot of tropes that I enjoy: found family, secret societies, morally grey characters, and a lopsided love triangle. I would have enjoyed a bit more vampires and a bit less magicians, but that's a strong personal preference.

Roman had to have been inspired by Angel based on all the Buffy comparison's in the book, and I'm not complaining about it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Violence

sunrae_booknook's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Listen, I hate love triangles like this. But towards the end I was laughing because you literally have the character comparison for Xander as Joker and I was like oh yup, he’s not my little green haired beast boy lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Stalking, Death, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Vomit, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Blood, Kidnapping, Bullying, Infidelity, Gaslighting, and Death of parent

steff_fox's review

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.0

It was a bit of a slog to get through this book, I’m not gonna lie. And what’s most depressing about this is the fact that it genuinely had some really great potential. But somewhere after coming up with the mother’s backstory and the building of the world, all of the interesting pieces of this story got lost in the painfully slow writing, poorly executed plot twists, and the exceptionally dull characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Blood, and Death of parent

egils's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

holthmsn's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

I loved this book from the very start. Ava is a character that you bond with instantly and the plot just makes you hang onto every page!
A must read for book lovers of magic, vampires, and found family.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Grief, and Violence