Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Only a Monster by Vanessa Len

56 reviews

ruebranch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Grief, and Torture

Minor: Vomit

skylarkindareads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Classism

izzystorm's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

thedragonsbookhoard's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Violence

tiredgarlicbread's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent

lilyhorsee's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting and Grief

kylosten's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

It seemed like there would be enemies to lovers and a fated love to cause tension but both of those stories didn't have any payoff for all the building up of them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death, Grief, Murder, and Child abuse

Minor: Kidnapping, Classism, and Cursing

haliahli's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

This was a page turner, a well written young adult read! 

Cons for me were poor editing ( many typos and inconsistent jargon ) and I got annoyed with Aaron's character constantly wanting to give up (but that may just be the intent of the character's personality, he lacked in growth in that area for me). The back and forth between Nick and Aaron with the quick ending was a little awkward for me, it didn't feel like it flowed well and like there were gaps.

Otherwise wonderfully immersive settings, quite fun jumping times, and absolutely lovable characters. I would love to read the next book in this series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Violence

Minor: War

ctara2123's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This was fucking /great/!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Torture

Minor: Child death

sandwiiche's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

i like the concept of this but was bored and confused for most of the book, plus the characters felt a little flat for me. the last part of the book was where the plot got interesting, but i still felt like something was missing.
i also wasn't a huge fan of the writing style as well. i think this book read more like middle grade rather than young adult, and it was missing that extra little finesse. however, i'll cut the author some slack since this is a debut novel - so props to her!!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Death

Minor: Racism