Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The ​Crown of Gilded Bones by Jennifer L. Armentrout

67 reviews

melethwi's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

It was entertaining and held my attention for the most part, which is the only reason I'm rating it 2.5 stars and not lower. 

Rant review because I'm a salty lesbian lmao. 

JLA has a nasty habit of shoving massive amounts of information down readers' throats, passing it off as her MC Poppy always having a lot of questions, when the truth is she just sucks at worldbuilding. Maybe I wasn't paying close enough attention but I truly don't understand what the gods are in this world or what their purpose is. Are they just super powerful magic users??? So confusing. Seems like the rules of magic get bent at JLA's will when she needs something convenient to happen. 

Poppy, Casteel, and Rhysand from ACOTAR should get together sometime and dissertate on white feminism. This book has a lot of balls to have a black character named Tawny and then turn around and use "tawny" frequently to describe the dark color of another character's skin, whose name (Kieran) means "dark one." Just ????? What ????? Could JLA not afford a SINGLE sensitivity reader?

I really think these books would work a lot better if they would stop kidding themselves about overdramatic plot and just have the romance. As it stands, we just see Poppy and Casteel willing to kill, kill, and guess what? kill people to get revenge for the other person, but the only interactions we actually see Poppy and Casteel have either have almost no chemistry or their attraction is PURELY physical. 

I really, really cannot decide if I want to spend time from my life reading the next book. I kept going this long because I thought Poppy and Casteel might go through some sort of development, but there really isn't much to speak for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, War, Murder, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

Minor: Trafficking

abicaro17's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

God this series has tanked for me. Like every other chapter had some sort of "major" revelation. I needed some consistency this book could not provide. The overused trope of Poppy being relatively innocent is getting old as hell too. I do enjoy how badass Poppy is and how much she is growing physically and emotionally but I swear this next book has to be better because I BARLEY made it through these last 50 pages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, War, Pregnancy, Sexism, Kidnapping, Medical content, Trafficking, Classism, Cursing, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Infidelity, Death of parent, Abandonment, Body horror, Genocide, Death, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Murder, and Sexual content

dr4manrx's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child death, Death, and Murder

prairieraven's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Sexism, Child death, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Colonisation, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Murder, Slavery, Violence, Cursing, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, War, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Torture, Vomit, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Death of parent, Classism, Grief, and Confinement

kit_kat006's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

For the most of part of this book, I felt it the story was taking too long and it wasn't my favorite in the series. I wasn't getting the plot in this book... And (unpopular opinion - I'm sorry) I'm not a fan of spice in book in general. Yes we get it, Castell and Poppy cannot get their hand off of each other... I was about done with this book and series to be honest... The last 150 pages changes my mind completely. I was on the edge of my seat and could not get it down. I was almost screaming to my book Noooooooo! Now I cannot wait for the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual content

Moderate: Murder, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

cait's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Genocide, Gore, Colonisation, Classism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War

missgarceau's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Blood, Bullying, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War

alxisrae's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

Moderate: Grief, Blood, Gore, Torture, Physical abuse, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Kidnapping, Death of parent, Death, and Confinement

elisalasater's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Murder, Violence, and Sexual content

poppybos109's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Cursing, Torture, Violence, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Slavery, and War