Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland

49 reviews

fantasy_voyager98's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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        This story made me feel as if I was watching an actual action packed mystery thriller with a surprisingly shocking,and unexpected plot twist. 
         
        This story is definitely very unique because it is about a group of bad people that each have their own motives,and tragic back stories with  some of them being unforgivable acts against society. 

          The author Mrs.Corland's world building,storytelling,characters,and plot twists are all written to perfection.
        
           This story is definitely not for everyone,and is written towards an adult audience only. The authors   themes,and trigger warnings can be found in the beginning of the book.

            My favorite character is Sora because no matter what happened to her whether it was good or bad she never stopped caring,and continued to fight despite all odds against her. 

              The plot twists toward the end of the story was shocking,unexpected, and definitely left more questions than answers. The author just announced the next books release date for January 7th,and I will be reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault

mj_86's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Genocide, Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Drug use

pierrereads's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Colonisation

Minor: Trafficking

kitsune42's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

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Fantastic story with an ensemble of main characters. Well written, flawed characters that you can't help love. Story keeps you guessing who you can trust. Can't wait for the next book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Misogyny, Violence

Minor: Drug use, Rape, Murder

aseel_reads's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark funny 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

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that ending had me gasping aloud on public transport, obsessed, can't wait for the next book. I loved the Korean inspired setting and how it was kind of like SoC but the action plot here made more sense and the character dynamics were different in their pairings. It lost .25 in rating because the pacing was a little slow for 75% and then speed up in the last 30 pages too much, and I think the characters needed to be more fleshed out to make their pairings realistic and not insta 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury

ceredonia's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Drug use, Genocide, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Death of parent, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

glund_01's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide

Minor: Drug use, Rape, Sexual content

saltycoffee's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Slavery, Violence, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Genocide, Infertility

stormeno's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark fast-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Classism