Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Castles in their Bones by Laura Sebastian

3 reviews

ezwolf's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Triplet princesses who are trained from birth to marry into other royal families and take over so their mother, the Empress, can rule all of them.

That sounds incredibly interesting and it was for the most part, but I wasn't really wowed by the book. It was a fine read and if you like court fantasies then this is probably a book you would like. I'm interested enough to continue the series but I don't know, I was kind of underwhelmed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Classism

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

Minor: Sexual assault, Misogyny, Sexism, Infertility, Homophobia, Body shaming, and Child death

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

The premise of this book centers around political intrigue told in multiple POV.

While I'm not a big fan of multiple POV, especially when it's more than two, I did enjoy this book.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Gun violence, Infertility, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Sexism, Trafficking, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Classism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Deportation, Sexual harassment, Violence, War, Homophobia, Mental illness, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, and Murder

astralbooks's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault, Homophobia, Child death, Suicide, Self harm, and Gun violence