Reviews tagging 'Classism'

The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson

6 reviews

callistag1's review

adventurous emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, War, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal death, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Classism, and Pregnancy

jayhall's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

A really interesting take to keep the character identities secret for the majority of the book. The book does a lot of heavy lifting set-up wise, and ultimately leaves little resolution for the first book beyond setting up the larger story and stakes. At the end, Im struck that nothing has really happened throughout most of the book other than give one character some backstory other than not wanting to get married. I'm curious to see where it all goes, and there are lots of questions still to answer, some of which I feel could have been answered earlier and still kept the tension.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Kidnapping, Animal death, Classism, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Death

whatbeccareadnext's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

This was a decent start to the series, I'm interested to see where this will go, but I wasn't as gripped as I thought I would be. This felt like more of an introduction to the characters, and I think the real action will likely start now that we've gotten to know them a bit better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Violence, Classism, Animal death, and Sexual assault

h_reads98's review against another edition

sad tense slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal death, Violence, Stalking, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Toxic relationship, and War

Minor: Classism and Vomit

missemilyn's review

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, War, Classism, Genocide, Blood, Death, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death and Sexual assault

lindseyrenee's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

I didn’t dislike this but I didn’t form a connection to one of our 3 main characters which was a problem when it was his chapters because I just didn’t care. We got a lot of Rafe and Lia and found their connection more believable but Kaden always felt like an ancillary character. I did enjoy the mystery of who was who in terms of Kaden/Rafe. Who was the prince and who was the assassin? When I found out I was genuinely surprised! It ended on a fun cliffhanger so I’ll be reading the next and hoping to connect more with Kaden in the next

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Violence, Stalking, Pregnancy, War, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Classism, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Grief