Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber

58 reviews

teabrewer's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

2.5

Most of the book was mediocre and cliché (not like the previous book where tropes are used to inhence the story but in the lazy sense, like the fourth season of a tv show that should have ended already.) Some scenes were good and some dialogue lines get my attention but generally I just kept asking myself why Jacks personality was so inconsistent and

why every character just ignored that Evangeline was cheating on her husband.

From the middle to the end the writting started to improve but just at the very end that I actually felt like I wanted to read this book. But I did love the end.

I tend to not like stories where vampires are too predominant but in this book I understand their role and why they were nescessary. I loved the detail of the chapter numbers repeating after Jacks went back in time, the little moment where Evangeline explained normal communication to Jack and the revelation of what was in the other side of the arch. The very final scene was amazingly written, horrifyingly symbolic, I loved it.

To be transparent, I'm reading the next book mostly because the cover is beautiful and I did really like the first one.
Ps:

I didn't like what the author did with Luc in this book. He is absent of any motivation, personality or brain cells, and not like a classic himbo, but like the most offesive definition of a non-character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Toxic relationship, Blood, Confinement, Violence, Torture, and Death

Minor: Death of parent

claire_fitzgibbon13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

That ending broke me 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Violence

mad_ds's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Death and Violence

rexpostfacto's review against another edition

5.0

Okay slayyyyy

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Blood, and Death

zoeelora's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Blood, Confinement, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Alcohol, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

madalina0_0's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual content

juliesleseecke's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Grief, Alcohol, Death, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

anna_harpist's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual content and Violence

yananhai's review against another edition

medium-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? Yes

4.5

WHAT THE FUCKKKKKK JUST HAPPENED

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quotes:
WHEN HE CALLED HER LOVE I LOST IT OKAY 😩
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"but for tonight, let me pretend that you're mine"
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"she meant to say 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴, but all that came out was 'I'm yours'"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence