Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall

86 reviews

teipu's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Body horror

paperhippie's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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

4.75

A sapphic love story about doing whatever you think necessary to save the person you love. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Blood, and Murder

serenitysparkles's review

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

growintogardens's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

It could have been really good but the romance wasn't great imo, and it felt like the first and second books of a series smooshed together. Had some funny moments and neat story overall.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Blood

mkate4's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

I really wanted to like this book, but I just never cared much about the characters or the plot, especially the romance.

I realized at the end of the book that I couldn’t remember any really positive interactions between Maelys and Georgiana. Even the fade to black sex scenes were harsh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death

Moderate: Transphobia

77marlenek87's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

lisettevx's review

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

thebookbaddie's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted slow-paced

3.0

Mortal Follies has a number the things I enjoy: fairies, deities, sapphic regency romance, and great banter between characters. Having a hobgoblin as the story’s narrator was a nice touch, whose commentary kept things pretty fun. I will say around the 50% mark the story reaches a resolution before shifting into an entirely different conflict in the second half, which made it feel almost like two different stories. But while the second half dragged here and there, it still kept me interested to the end. The author has a lovely writing style and again, the banter between the two leads was delicious. Overall, fun read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

abby_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.0

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This wasn't a book for me. I really wanted to like it. I thought the summary was good and I kept trying to like it. I didn't connect with the characters or the plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, and Transphobia

Minor: Racism, Slavery, and Death of parent

cosypuck's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Loved the tone, vibes and concept of this but as other people have mentioned, it felt like two plots crammed into one book and the romance wasn't overly believable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Rape and Transphobia