Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White

7 reviews

thewillowwood's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

This book was fun to read! I don’t think it took it in a completely revolutionary direction for the source material, as it fell into the expected beats of Arthurian legend, but a reader who likes Arthuriana and wants something a bit easier than middle english literature would enjoy this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Blood, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Body horror, Animal death, and Self harm

Minor: Infidelity, Vomit, Rape, War, Excrement, and Sexism

martin27's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-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

Kiersten White’s Camelot is a gorgeous world filled with a lot of lovely characters. The way she plays with the legends is extremely interesting, and her Guinevere is a wonderful protagonist to read about. This is by far my favorite version of Arthur I’ve seen in a retelling, and I’m also very fond of this Lancelot. The characterization of Mordred is great, I wasn’t as big a fan of his storyline though. I’m hoping it’ll grow on me by the time I finish the trilogy.

There’s a lot of potential here both because of the expansive nature of Arthurian legend and the author’s seemingly endless ways of taking what you know and making it into something completely new. Purists may take issue with the many liberties she takes with the material, but they all come together for a really good story. I hope that the sequels will make more of the knights a larger part of the main story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Rape

enchantedelfie's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Vomit, Blood, Death, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Stalking

mpbookreviews's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Murder, Violence, Blood, Excrement, and Injury/Injury detail

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

Guinevere has come to Camelot to marry King Arthur. Merlin has been exiled along with all other forms of magic. But Guinevere is not Guinevere, and the marriage is a ruse so that not-Guinevere can protect Arthur from a magical attack Merlin warned them of. But magic lives on in secret in Camelot, and Guinevere must determine what—or who—is a threat to the kingdom without her own powers being exposed.

Wow, I loved this book! I initially picked it up because I have always loved myths and legends, and the Arthurian stories hold a special place in my heart because my grandmother (and favorite person!) is named Guinevere. White's writing style was engaging and the magical world-building was fascinating. I really loved the characters; Arthur reminded me of Gansey from The Raven Cycle, and we know I love that archetype, and don't even get me started on Lancelot!! I usually don't care for love triangles, and the one in this book was okay, but the one I foresee (based on what I know of Arthurian legends) coming up in the next book(s) is going to be a tough one (which is to say, not a clear superior choice)!

Happy ending meter (no specific spoilers, just my judgement of how happy the ending is because I always wish someone would tell me that before I read books):

Happy-ish, but pretty cliffhanger-y too! I have to wait 3 weeks for the next book, pray that I don't go crazy (or cave and buy the book in the meantime)!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Self harm, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Death, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Death of parent

ashleereadsbooks692's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, War, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing and Torture

Minor: Rape

elinthenilsson's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail