Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Moon Called by Patricia Briggs

6 reviews

fiwilson's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Abandonment

gdwilliams019's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Sexism, and Kidnapping

Minor: Pedophilia and Sexual content

naturally's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-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? No

3.25

extremely strong premise - perhaps the strongest i've seen for an urban fantasy series - however the execution was really disappointing. very underwhelming read. how does a book packed with werewolf, witch, vampire, shapeshifter and fae politics end up being so boring???

and the worldbuilding (and incorporation of native american culture) is actually the best part of moon-called. the first 1/3 was engaging enough, then the overall pacing got weird...

briggs attempts to give mercy a personality, but the quips fall flat. sure, mercy knows a lot about cars and goes to church, but it's difficult to connect with her emotionally bc the turning-points in her relationships with other characters are told and not shown. i.e. her relationship with samuel, most of the date with adam...

speaking of other characters, this book was a total sausage fest. loads of indistinct men, who have the same character "voice", so they all blend into one. nothing about samuel stands out...HE SUCKS!!! i had trouble believing he was mercy's first love...he reads as a random guy who she argues with a couple times. very chemistry-less. adam is marginally better, but his "banter" with mercy is pretty blank (again, she rarely describes the emotional or physical effect he has on her...) (i like bran though!)

and, of course, all the women hate mercy! the only female character who likes her happens to be ADAM's teenaged daughter.

i think this book is partially a product of it's time? in a lot of the 2000s urban fantasies i've read the heroines can fight and are quirky but not alienating/annoying... not so beautiful that they're unrelatable to the average reader...but still sexy enough to have multiple hot male love interests that the reader can experience vicariously. it's tricky to balance all the ingredients, and maybe moon-called came out of the oven tasting very bleh as a result?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

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

3.0

As much as I enjoy the story, the prevalent Christianity and cultural appropriation of Indigenous cultures and beliefs means I won't be spending any more money on this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Gore, Suicide, Medical content, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

vexbatch's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Torture, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

pos1t1vel1fe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Sexism, Blood, Kidnapping, and Grief

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Hate crime, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Misogyny, and Terminal illness