Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem

39 reviews

abby_can_read's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

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This was a great book. I had a wonderful time reading it. I liked the worldbuilding and the lore. I'm excited to learn more about the magic system. I had a good time with the slow burn, enemies-to-lovers relationship that is building between Sylvia and Arin. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Genocide

Moderate: War, Child abuse, Murder, and Death of parent

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

tracy713's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Great character development of Sylvia. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Sexual assault

taliaalongi's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-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

5.0

The writing is absolutely gorgeous 🥲

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Murder

druzyquartz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Xenophobia, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Genocide, Murder, Racial slurs, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

stephkmcg's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault

alicia_rausch's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense slow-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

3.75

This was a breath of fresh air and it was great to see Egyptian rep in a space where it’s lacking! The writing was great - I enjoyed the sense of humor and liked all the characters. It’s a promising debut, but did suffer from pretty large pacing and storytelling issues and often felt confusing and messy. There was also a lot of lore dumping that didn’t serve the story. The bones of the plot were SO good, it was just how they were unearthed that I struggled with. So much so that this took me 3 attempts to even push through the first 25% of the novel. We spend so much time preparing for the action of the book, which doesn’t really occur until about 70% of the way through, that it often felt like a bow pulled tight but never released. I’m excited to see this series continue and watch the authors storytelling skills develop along with it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Pedophilia

what_karla_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

quiet_reader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Sexual violence, Rape, Pedophilia, War, Sexual assault, and Colonisation

theserenaedwards's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

2.75

I had a hard time following the story. The world building fell short for me and there were a lot of info dump in between chapters. A lot was going on. The story has a lot of potential. I would like to understand more about the Magic. The Magic system confused me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

blacksphinx'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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Gore, Hate crime, Murder, Violence, Grief, Genocide, and Death

Moderate: War, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Child abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia and Kidnapping