Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Mordew by Alex Pheby

7 reviews

pili_pi's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore and Violence

freyagee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Animal cruelty, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery, Toxic friendship, Torture, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Stalking, Abandonment, Body horror, Grief, Blood, Bullying, Cannibalism, Gore, Infidelity, and Sexism

lissstik's review against another edition

it's just a heaping pile of garbage. the plot is agonizingly slow, which would have been okay by me, if only it wasn't pointless at the same time. absolutely everyone is evil and I don't want to read about the kid being horny for his friend every five pages. the "protagonist is so special" thing is also very much in your face the entire time, despite the fact that other than having magical powers the kid is not special at all. i was very excited for this book, since originally it looked like something I would have liked, but a big no from me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Child death

deebaxreads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Animal death, Violence, Gore, Death of parent, Body horror, and Child death

Moderate: Sexism

bobin's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Violence, Rape, and Gore

aturb92's review against another edition

It might not have been the right time for me, but the content was so dark. I needed a more hope filled story. The world was interesting but I couldn’t take one more bad thing happening. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Terminal illness

Minor: Sexual content

sunn_bleach's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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? Yes

2.25

A good but somewhat frustrating book. Pheby excels in writing about the small things and the nuances, as with a dog’s perspective or the sarcastic glossary. He loses it at the bombastic action and “big magic” scenes, in which destruction and decay feel Michael Bay-ish. Still, I’d read the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, and Violence