Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Vine Witch by Luanne G. Smith

5 reviews

scrumblebooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

I enjoyed this book, however I feel it had a lot of potential that it just didn't live up to. It felt in need of fleshing out, particularly where intercharacter relationships are concerned. We are told of developments in relationships but never shown how or why such developments have occured. I also think that there were interesting characters and ideas that were not fully explored, which was a little disappointing while I was reading. Having said all that, I found the book exciting and found myself looking forward to reading it, so still worth a read if the premise appeals. Also, this is the author's debut novel, so I'm hopeful that her later works will have a little more meat on the bones.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Torture, and Blood

Minor: Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, and Suicide

akgeekgirl's review

adventurous emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Homophobia

anastashamarie's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious relaxing 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? No

4.0

🎧 Note that I listened to the audio book of this, which may have swayed my opinion because it is a GREAT story to have read to you, and the narrator was delightfully soothing.

🍷 This comes across as a grown-up fairytale with vivid descriptions of wine and food thrown in for good measure. Set in the French countryside. Simple magic system. Mystery and clearing one's name as the central storyline. Not a lot of brain power required, but not boring either. Just an enjoyable late summer read, especially as part of the evenings getting cooler and breezy where I live.

🌾 -1 star because the romance was too much telling and not enough showing (honestly, it was hardly a part of the story) and because of the villains ridiculously long monologue. But regardless of that, I very much enjoyed this beginning to end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Confinement

Moderate: Death, Murder, Animal death, Torture, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Sexual content and Injury/Injury detail

dodie_sullivan's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I though this was great! However, the only thing that keeps it from five stars is that the last couple of chapters felt like forced. It was like the epilogue was covered in a speed run. Other than that, it was great. The magic system was really cool and easy to understand. I'm looking forward to the second book

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Death

Minor: Death of parent

aimsro's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail