Reviews tagging 'Murder'

For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten

31 reviews

micaelamariem's review

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

Loved this fairytale retelling weaves with great worldbuilding, slow burn romance, and tense court intrigue 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Torture, Alcohol, Confinement, Abandonment, Grief, Gore, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

pvbobrien's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Murder, Sexual content, and Alcoholism

saurahsaurus's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Murder, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Gore, and Violence

blewballoon's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

I had a hard time getting into this, but once Red started to bond more with the Wolf and the others living in the forest it became a lot more interesting. I liked these characters a lot and I understood and sympathized with their motivations. I enjoyed the feeling of found family with their little crew and

the people who lived on the other side of the forest, cut off from the world but very self sufficient.

  I had a harder time with the interlude chapters. I really hated what was going on with Neve and the characters around her. Overall, though, I enjoyed the fantasy and fairy tale feeling of the story and was happy to have read it. I listened to it on audiobook and it was okay, the narrator was fine but I may have preferred reading it myself since I could have glossed over the parts that didn't interest me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Death, Body horror, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

Minor: Murder, Violence, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Grief, Murder, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Terminal illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

mfsquared's review

adventurous dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Self harm

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, and Death

bookwormamy's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Murder, Death of parent, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Kidnapping, Confinement, and Sexual content

schnaucl's review

adventurous dark 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

4.0

Despite the main character's nickname being Red and Eammon's being Wolf, at times it reminded me more of a retelling of Beauty and the Beast than Little Red Riding Hood.  I liked the characters and the world, although it times it was repetitive. 

I do wonder about the kingdom though since Neve never seemed particularly concerned with actually ruling it or the welfare of her subjects.  I get that she's worried about her sister and not in her right mind, but it makes me less sympathetic to her.  Of course, we don't really see much of the subjects in the kingdom so probably we're not supposed to care about that.

I'm not really sure how I feel about Eammon and Red becoming gods in the end and I'm not sure I want to spend a bunch of time with Neve and the Kings in the next book

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Self harm, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

briely's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Body horror

Minor: Murder

cjxx26's review

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, and Sexual content

Minor: Kidnapping