Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

63 reviews

rieviolet's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I think what I liked the most was Piranesi himself as a narrator, how we slowly discover the house and the story connnected to it from his point of view. 

It is a very imaginative story and certainly very unique, I was really captured by the first half and I still enjoyed the second one, but I think that as the plot progressed and we discovered the darker aspects of it, some of the initial brillance got lost, at least for me. It was still a very enjoyable read that I had trouble putting down (a good half of it I read in just one sitting) and a very well crafted story. 

I also had some personal quibbles over the treatment of certain topics (mailny the only depiction of queerness and also a quite fatphobic description at the very end of the story that really annoyed me) that dimmed my general enjoyment of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Cursing, Fatphobia, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, Vomit, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

shelfofunread's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement and Kidnapping

Minor: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship

the_clueless_tourist's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cursing and Gun violence

massivepizzacrust's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I was excited to see the author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell published something new and I was not disappointed! I pretty much devoured this over the course of two days. I think you're best off going into this book knowing as little as possible so I won't talk about plot. But the dark academia vibes are strong and I have a lot of love for the main character. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Vomit, and Kidnapping

Minor: Gun violence, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Not really sure what the right tags for this book are, the main character is being manipulated and there are descriptions of things that have happened to other people in the past.

maddiebusick's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

naomidanae's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

nyoom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, and Suicide attempt

rhguerrero's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.75

READ IT

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Cursing, Death, and Kidnapping

mosslover's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, and Murder

mscalls's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, and Kidnapping

Minor: Cursing