Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Choice by Nora Roberts

5 reviews

bubbabook's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

A fitting end to a simple yet delightful trilogy. Loss and love, revenge and family, war and new beginnings. Nora Roberts ends the story on a hopeful, yet open ended note. How Breen Siobhan lives the rest of her life is up to the reader. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Sexual content

daniish's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad slow-paced

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

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Animal death, Murder, Violence, and Child abuse

cyndi1966's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Grief, Torture, War, Animal cruelty, Death, Sexual assault, Murder, Slavery, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence

purplepenning's review

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.75

I couldn't really connect with these books. I kept forgetting I was reading them. They seemed overly long and lacking in depth and dragons. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Violence

Moderate: Cannibalism, Sexual content, Death of parent, War, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Homophobia, Alcohol, Death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

tamsterdam_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.25

 

The third and final installment of the Dragon Heart Legacy trilogy, The Choice, concluded this fantasy series in a bit of an underwhelming way. 

There was a whole thought out plan on how to take down Breen’s evil grandfather, Odran that the entire land would have been involved with, only to end with an ending that seemed entirely rushed. I really would have liked to see the original plans pan out and the middle of the story edited down a bit because there was a lot of Breen’s and Marco’s life that became repetitive. Also, there were occurrences that Odran did that made this book quite dark compared to the previous two books in the story that made it quite jarring. 

With that being said, the narrator was superb with her accents and differentiating voices amongst the characters.

Thank you St. Martin’s Press for the gifted copy. Thoughts and opinions and expressed in this review are completely my own.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death, Rape, and Violence

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Cursing