Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco

66 reviews

politewriter's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

A rather thrilling fantasy novel. The world building had some rather fantastic depths and color to it. It was really easy to see how the author incorporated their personal experience. I really liked how that meshed. Some elements of their story seemed to get muddled at times, and I found myself needing to go back to reread something in order to understand what was happening. Lots of characters, but the author does a good job of keeping them all straight— as well as their alliances and organizations. However, FL seemed to have very little development throughout the story. She made a lot of odd choices, and that really took away from the tension of the story. I liked the chemistry between the FL and the ML tremendously. I hope to see that further developed in the second volume. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Stalking

Minor: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Torture

lordfroggington's review against another edition

fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

I really enjoyed this book, it was entertaining and I found myself emotionally invested and honestly what more can you ask for? 

(4.25 only for jumpy plot on occasions which has left I feel almost too many unanswered questions )

 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

rosalie5's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, and Deadnaming

sunsetcity's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

escapinginpaper's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol

brittcunn2014's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

This book surprised me. I enjoyed the world/lore and really loved the author's writing style. The author did a great job of describing things and telling us enough to really visualize each scene. Something that confused me was that before reading, I say the Wrath/Brie fandom so I assumed there would be a lot more romance than there was. This was definitely a slow burn book, which doesn't affect my rating, but I was mislead to believe this book was something it isn't.

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Content Warnings

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