Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen

15 reviews

sinoclock's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.5

I really liked the magic system and the way the relationships developed in this book. I'm not totally sure I want to read the next one, though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Violence, Classism, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Kidnapping, Blood, and Death

Minor: Rape

aformeracceleratedreader's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

4.0

I thoroughly enjoyed this and will be reading the sequel right after. I thought the characters were interesting, the magic is interesting, and the love storyline wasn't terrible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Violence, Blood, Classism, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

sleeping_roses's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

5.0

The perfect combination of plot- and charachter-driven development! I love this the way I love Six of Crows.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Genocide, Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, Murder, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Death of parent, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Torture

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Infidelity

tangleroot_eli's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

LOVE. THIS. BOOK. Owen's worldbuilding is incredible, the characters are well-developed, and the social issues are deftly handled. I do have one major question left niggling at the back of my mind, but I'll wait until I read The Faithless Hawk (which I hope will happen soon) before voicing it, in the hopes that Owen addresses it there and I can stop worrying about it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Terminal illness, Death, Body horror, Classism, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

euthanasia; betrayal

guardianofthebookshelf's review

adventurous tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Murder, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Vomit

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

1.0

One of the few fantasy books where I can safely say that the world building was super poor and boring? I didn't really care for the characters, nor did I find the plot that interesting or surprising at all 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Violence, and Vomit

lanid's review against another edition

adventurous dark

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Bullying, Classism, Hate crime, and Violence

Minor: Grief, Murder, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Sexual content

amylynnknitsreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Classism, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Murder

onemamareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Read my full review here: https://onemamassummer.weebly.com/book-reviews/the-merciful-crow

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Violence, Torture, Classism, Hate crime, and Animal cruelty

bukephalos0603's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Hate crime