Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

La jaula del rey by Victoria Aveyard

3 reviews

wrappingpaper's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny slow-paced

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

3.5

I flew through about 75% of this book, took a break for a few months and found it pretty difficult to get stuck back into. Overall I feel like the plot really carries this book, not the writing or characters. Mare is less annoying but I didn’t really like the ending and her reaction in it. 
I did however enjoy the multiple povs to get a break from constant Mare and an insight into other characters. 
In general I feel like this book could’ve told the same story in a lot less pages so I’m slightly worried for War Storm bc  imo as these books get bulkier the pace slows down. 
Overall I still enjoyed this book, still gonna finish the series (at some point) , just didn’t enjoy it that much compared to the first books. I have hopes it’ll pick up again tho. 
I still recommend this series to people who are into dystopian ya fantasy politics all that stuff. 
A lot of gore, murder and mentions of trauma/ptsd tho so don’t read if you’re sensitive to that 👍

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief, Blood, Classism, and Gun violence

Minor: Alcohol and Vomit

julienicole1106's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Vomit, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Classism, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, War, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content

felicia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, and War

Minor: Alcohol, Gore, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault