Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Witch King by Martha Wells

37 reviews

pvp_niki's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Slavery, Blood, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Trafficking

kkulhannie's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Forced institutionalization, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

petrel's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, War, and Injury/Injury detail

stephaniemcuervo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Moderate: Gore, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent

briely's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Genocide

Minor: Body horror and Confinement

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

adventurous 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

I liked the general plot and the characters (Martha Wells makes such compelling characters), but the worldbuilding is a lot to try and memorise as you read. I feel like if I reread this and made graphs and diagrams as I went, I'd enjoy it more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

artstitute's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

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

4.5

I thought Bashat and Bashasa were the same person for an embarrassingly long time. "Oh but it says Bashasa is dead in the present timeline—" Yeah. I know. And yet!!
That aside — loved it! Martha Wells never misses. I love her sf and I loved this too. Lovable characters as always, and (Bashat/Bashasa notwithstanding) I think she did a commendable job maintaining two timelines while also telling a consistent and not-confusing story. The way that past and present events were linked made the timeline fairly easy to follow without it feeling too much like she was holding the reader's hand. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, and War

Moderate: Torture and Blood

Minor: Body horror and Child death

scifi_rat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Plot: 4★
Prose: 4★
Pace: 3.75★
Concept/Execution: 4★/5★
Characters: 4.5★
Worldbuilding: 4★
Ending: 4.25★

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Physical abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, and Abandonment

chris_reads's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Death, Violence, Blood, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Self harm, Slavery, and Trafficking

alisonvh's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

4.0

Not sure I should have listened to this one on audio. There’s so much world building and jumping back and forth in time that I had a hard time keeping track of the plot and all the different characters.

That said, once I got into it, I really enjoyed it. It’s fast paced, action packed, smart, and had me laughing out loud throughout the book. All things at which Martha Wells excels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief