Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Wings of Ebony by J. Elle

27 reviews

corncake's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Violence, and Abandonment

Moderate: Gore, Blood, Colonisation, Cursing, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Car accident, Kidnapping, and Grief

shannnne_reads_words's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, and Hate crime

Moderate: Classism, Child death, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Abandonment, Murder, and Grief

Minor: Cursing

calamitywindpetal's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Violence, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Child death, and Racism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Vomit, Car accident, Classism, Grief, Colonisation, Blood, and Kidnapping

Minor: Drug use and Genocide

shadesofkate26's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Murder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Genocide, Racial slurs, and Grief

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Gun violence, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Car accident, Vomit, Racism, Colonisation, Panic attacks/disorders, and Drug use

hopevigilshuck's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective tense 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: Murder, Racism, Racial slurs, and Death of parent

Moderate: Xenophobia, War, Police brutality, Genocide, and Drug use

bretagnereads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Drug use, Blood, Murder, Hate crime, and Racism

Minor: Car accident and Cursing

thewildmageslibrary's review against another edition

4.0

I finally read this! And, I gotta say:

I KNEW SOMETHING WAS UP WITH GHIZON!

Rue would do anything for her family and that's one of her best qualities. <3 I can't wait to see what happens in the sequel!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Colonisation, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Murder, Police brutality, Gun violence, and Grief

Minor: Child death and Medical content

readwithanne's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death of parent, Gun violence, Murder, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Colonisation

kaylani_simplyme's review against another edition

4.5

This book was really fantastic. This was such an awesome urban fantasy book that wove in the important topic or racism, gang violence, and racial prejudice. There were so many important messages to take from this novel. I really loved how this story was told and the way we jumped right into the story. I liked that we didn't go through the whole process of learning this new world with the character but we were along the journey of the after effects of everything she had learned. The themes of family, ride or die, and community was really compelling to read about. Even though this book has a thread of hope throughout the story its a very sad and dark experience for this Rue and the people in her inner circle. The depiction of colonization and the oppression of black rights and experiences in both the Fantasy world and real world lined up so well together. Some parts of this book were very hard to read and that's the point. Its not supposed to be comfortable or easy. The author really makes you think about the world that we live in and the part we play in society as a whole. Rue was a really interesting and loyal character (almost to a fault) But I love that she never gave up her roots and stood by the people that needed her most not matter the consequence. This has the set up to be an amazing series and I am excited to see what the author does with the rest of this story! 

The things that bothered me about this book that kept me from giving it a full 5 stars was the main character made some really stupid decision that were really frustrating. She walked into serval trap that were laid out quite plainly for the reader to see yet she still did it anyways. If the author would have left more to be desired and made the betrayal be more of a secret  or have some shock value it would have felt different but I thought it was made pretty obvious and Rue still didn't put the pieces together. I also don't love the fact that she wove in the makings of a love triangle. Nothing really too deep in the first book but I know it will be a big thing in book 2 and I'm just so over that trope. But other then that it was a wonderful first book to a fantasy series and I am very excited to continue to explore. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, Racism, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Grief, and Gun violence