Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Before the Dawn by E.C. Myers

3 reviews

rangerwing75's review

adventurous emotional funny tense

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

4.0

This book definitely had a stronger plot than the first one, and the first few chapters didn’t slog on so it was easier to get hooked. I liked the idea of the Crown, even if character development wasn’t at the forefront so much this time. 

The little character development this time around was entirely for Sun, and I’m not complaining since I love him. I liked the references to Sun Wukong from Journey to the West, like his cousin being Tanzang. 

The thing keeping this book from five stars was that there were some weird out of character moments?

Like when Fox and Yatsuhashi dangled Neptune over water despite it literally being his worst fear and their excuse is that they’re in a bad mood. That felt weird. It was a brief moment, but almost made me put the book down for the day because of how uncharacteristically mean it was

 

But the humour this time around was better. More of the jokes landed for me instead of making me think the writer was trying too hard to be comedic. 

Now if only the actual show could improve like this. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Violence

Minor: Dementia

Dementia is mentioned but not shown

shadowcay's review

adventurous 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent

roomnosenpai's review

adventurous informative lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying and Violence