Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Isles of the Gods by Amie Kaufman

12 reviews

ctara2123's review against another edition

adventurous tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Violence, Death, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: War, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Death of parent

maidmarianlib's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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? No

5.0

Rich setting and interesting characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and War

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous 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

The audiobook really made this book great. Such a good cast + good writing. The story itself was fine, nothing too amazing but the voice actors made it feel so real and vivid, excited to see what comes next 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, and Classism

ashlynndr's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Gore, and Cursing

Minor: Blood, Death of parent, and Body horror

haley49's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I really enjoyed the world building and the three main characters. I think there were way too many povs which took away some of the impact of plot developments and distracted from certain main moments. Most of the povs outside of the mmc and fmc were uneccessary. Nonetheless I enjoyed my read and am excited for book 2.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Death, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: War, Gun violence, Suicide, Self harm, Xenophobia, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Grief and Terminal illness

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

3.5

This was pretty good! The magic system was really interesting and intricate, with pretty strong core cast of characters. It's bit like a pirate adventure, with magic. The plot did seem a little YA cookie cutter, but that's not always a bad thing. Of course, we end on a cliffhanger, so be warned if you do pick this one up!

There was a lot of detail put into the magic system, but I wish there was a little more detail put into the actual world building. At times, it was difficult to really place where all the countries were and what was happening with them. Maybe a map would have been helpful! Perhaps a hazard of listening to the audiobook.

Anyway, despite that, still such a fun read overall!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Minor: Gun violence, Death of parent, and War

guessgreenleaf's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Blood, Murder, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War

taryn_g's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: War, Fire/Fire injury, and Blood

vivivi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is really good! For one, I love the world here. It's some kind of mixture of 18th century technology/architecture, guns and ships, pirates, modern speech, magic, and gods. The notion that you have to please the spirits and charm them into doing what you want is beautiful and complicated. 

I listened to the audiobook version, which has several voice actors, one for each POV. They were all great! 

I was pulled in from the start. You don't have to wait long for something interesting to happen. You get attached to the characters, which is both a blessing and a curse, as always. 

I did NOT expect this ending. Well. Part of me did, but I thought something different was going to happen lol. Now I need to know what happens next. I'm looking forward to book 2!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Grief

kassidyreads's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

Moderate: Violence and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death of parent