Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Eragon by Christopher Paolini

18 reviews

localogophile's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

The characters were well-written, with reasonable responses and motivations for this histories, and the setting was thoroughly developed — though crossing the desert was a little underwhelming after all the talk of how expansive it was... The setting also reminds me a little of Middle Earth... The actual plot was interesting: simple, but well-thought-through, and (mostly)  was successful.at keeping my attention, however, the first third (?) was a little slow, and there didn't seem to be much of a mission (other than training and revenge, which got a tad repetitive).
All in all, I enjoyed this book a lot!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Torture

thee_eclectic_eccentric's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, Blood, Death, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Murder, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Slavery, Child abuse, and Animal death

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent, Body horror, Grief, Gore, and Alcohol

Minor: War, Slavery, Cursing, Confinement, Trafficking, Torture, Child abuse, Murder, Medical content, Physical abuse, Vomit, and Domestic abuse

henrib11's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, War, Torture, Physical abuse, Grief, and Gore

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, Death, Abandonment, Slavery, Murder, Confinement, Alcohol, Mental illness, Grief, Child death, and Child abuse

Minor: Death of parent and Pregnancy

coreyarch9's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.0

"Your namesake was the beginning, and now you are the continuation. Or the end."

I LOVED this book when it came out over 20 years ago and went into this reread expecting a similar experience to my 11-year-old self. But the book was slower than I remember, and I didn't understand why much of the wandering around was included. But this also means that I don't remember the series as well as I thought I had, which makes me even more excited to continue the reread? Idk. It's very complicated. Despite my mixed bag of reactions to this book, I am full-steam-ahead enthusiastic to read Murtagh after I get through the first four books!!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Torture, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Classism, Death, Death of parent, and War

everesto's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Genocide and Grief

Minor: Slavery and Alcohol

hedyharper's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Slavery, Torture, Animal death, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Murder, Sexism, and War

saintyeehaw's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Slavery, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Gore, Grief, Trafficking, Torture, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Child death, War, and Violence

nialiversuch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense

• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Murder, Slavery, War, Forced institutionalization, Gore, and Grief

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

Okay listen. I first read this book when I was about 10 years old and it broke open my mind to the world of epic fantasy. I also see the bad editing, predictable plotting, and gender role issues but it's such a comforting nostalgic read so take my totally biased high rating and frequent rereads with a grain of salt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Violence, Death, and War

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Confinement, Child abuse, Alcohol, and Grief