Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Traitor Queen by Danielle L. Jensen

9 reviews

kyoko2a's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, War, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy

samellecooke's review

adventurous 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? It's complicated

2.5

Where it seems like most people preferred this book to The Bridge Kingdom, I preferred book one. This book just didn't land for me. It was good, but not great. The flow was choppy to me and got worse as the book progressed. I read one review that said they felt the beginning was rushed. In a strange way for me the entire book was equal parts rushed and equal parts painstakingly slow. 

The will they, won't they of Lara and Aren became too repetitive for me. Just make up your mind already. This approach could work, but in this case I didn't feel like it was executed well enough to be pulled off. The ending is what really did me in, however, resulting in the low star rating. The sharks essentially "choosing" Lara's fate was silly to me. Killing her off at the last minute to only resuscitate her the next moment and then have the book end 2 minutes later was annoying and reader's emotional bandwidth.

I was looking forward to reading the remaining two books in the series, but now am not so sure. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content and Torture

annick's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

Much more plot and adventure than book one. But I lost interest after they left valotta. And the romantic drama in the third act was tiresome. The injuries and shark waters weren’t believable.   

Heist in first act was good. Thankfully swift. The desert adventures added variety.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Torture

Moderate: Torture, Gore, Death of parent, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Death

Minor: Vomit

hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Confinement, Death, Gore, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, War, Animal death, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Blood, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Genocide, Medical content, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content

slyveimaeve's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Physical abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, and War

dkgreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

Good gravy, this book stressed me out! From one high stakes event to the next, this book was nonstop perilous action. I felt for Lara as she tried SO HARD to atone for her mistakes. And I completely understood Aren’s emotional turmoil, but it tore me apart!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Violence, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

lexi_kohnke's review against another edition

challenging emotional

4.25

Definitely hooked just like the first book. Definitely a lot more angst and darker themes. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

kaseybereading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and War

slama_llama's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

I loved this book! What made it for me was the raw reality of the situations  and the intensity of it all. I couldn’t put the book down- a true page turner in my case. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Blood and Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts