Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Dance of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson

35 reviews

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Blood, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Trafficking, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Miscarriage

ttumbletree's review

adventurous emotional funny inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Trafficking, Violence, Kidnapping, and Death

Minor: Miscarriage, Cursing, Terminal illness, Child death, War, Alcohol, and Torture

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, and Kidnapping

Minor: Blood, Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Medical content

katie_lacour's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Slavery, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and Murder

ednam0dewannabe'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Trafficking, Slavery, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: War, Vomit, Xenophobia, Slavery, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Chronic illness, and Abortion

gabbadabbadoo's review

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Trafficking, and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Miscarriage

sp4ceprince's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Slavery

oliverreeds's review

i got bored; the characters are repetitive and the sequence of events wasn't enticing enough. it was a lot of straight people doing straight people things and having straight people arguments. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Slavery, Trafficking, Violence, War, and Kidnapping

kinsportch's review

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Trafficking, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Death of parent, and Confinement

Minor: Torture, Miscarriage, and Child death

lainiereads's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

i took too long to write a review and now i’ve lost all my thoughts! I remember that I absolutely love Kazi, she is the best and deserves the world. Her character is the perfect combination of tough and angry, but also extremely kind and compassionate. She is also very strategic and determined, which I appreciate in fantasy heroines. 
I like Jase, but mostly because he likes Kazi and we have that in common. To be fair, he is also great and he’s also great at being both tough and kind, so I do love him for that. I don’t love him as much as Kazi though. She is just better! He also screwed up a whole bunch and made me angry a lot, but he always had good intentions and tried to make up for his mistakes, so I can’t hate him for it. 
Besides the characters though, this book is still great from the writing alone. The story was so good that I was never bored, even though I took a long time to read it. Mary E Pearson was able to express the emotions of her characters in such beautiful ways that you can’t help but connect with them. For example, there’s a scene where Kazi hits her breaking point with her anger, and the way Pearson wrote it just felt like she took it straight out of my brain. I am an absolute sucker for angry women in books, and that scene alone made me love her 1000x more. I highly suggest everyone reads this book for that scene alone, I loved it so much!! 
anyways, love this book, Kazi is a queen <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Kidnapping, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Violence, Murder, and Grief

Minor: Child death