Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

379 reviews

rlpdean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: War, Alcohol, Blood, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

readingduckling's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

The book is beautifully written but extremely sad an I would recommend to check trigger warnings and maybe being in a stable headspace and maybe already own the second book so you can continue reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, Violence, Medical content, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death of parent, Misogyny, and Classism

Minor: Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, and Fire/Fire injury

chelly_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, War, Medical content, Addiction, Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcoholism

literarydumpling's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Wonderful audiobook with excellent narrators with Rebecca Norfolk as Iris Winnow and Alex Wingfield as Roman Kitt.

I really enjoyed the different side of a fantasy world by focusing on journalists being normal mortals going about their lives that are being affected by the gods' war. It was also nice to see how subtle magic is weaved into the world rather than people wielding it normally.

There's mention of folklore weaved in nicely to the story, and doesn't feel particularly stilted, and the pacing works quite well throughout.

Though some parts were predictable, the whole picture wasn't filled in so it did have its moments of shock for me!

With how it's ended, it's definitely tempted me to try and pick up Ruthless Vow soon, so I look forward to listening to that as soon as I can.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

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

pagebypage21's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Death, and Violence

llcardenas's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Blood, War, Violence, Sexual content, Grief, and Alcoholism

almendraa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense medium-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

Ha sido una lectura exquisita.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death of parent, Blood, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Classism and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Sexual content

claired514's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, and War

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

linblythe_pub22's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Death of parent and Violence

Minor: Stalking

picaresquedreamer's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Child death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Gaslighting, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Death of parent, Death, and Alcoholism

Minor: Sexual content