Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Queen of Myth and Monsters by Scarlett St. Clair

14 reviews

livfowler's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Child death, Colonisation, Blood, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, War, Misogyny, Sexual content, Alcohol, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Sexual violence, Vomit, Grief, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Infertility, Alcoholism, Torture, Abandonment, Addiction, Death of parent, Confinement, Sexual assault, and Rape

oruairc's review

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

We always fight and fuck.

That's the plot.  There are some reveals in there, somewhere.  Somewhere...

But that's mostly it.  Isolde and Adrian fight and fuck.  And do it again.  And again.

I was quite angry reading it, but anger that drives me to read the next one.  I'm disappointed in myself, truly, but I'm committed to the end.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Blood, Death, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual assault, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Physical abuse

Minor: Trafficking, Rape, Vomit, and Pregnancy

ka_ke's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.5

Hmmm. I feel like it was missing something, it could be that there was not much going on for a large part of the book. It could also be that plot twist at the end too. 

Queen of Myth & Monsters is a unique idea. Isolde’s development of her abilities is a smooth transition, however I wish her relationship with Adrian would move beyond miserable communication. He’s an asshole, she’s a bitch. We get it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Grief, Body horror, Classism, Violence, Blood, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Cursing, Gore, Death, Mental illness, and Misogyny

bedtimesandbooks's review

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Physical abuse, War, Sexism, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Murder, Blood, Racism, Death, and Slavery

Moderate: Pregnancy