Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

59 reviews

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, and Cursing

Minor: Excrement, Mental illness, Fatphobia, Slavery, and Vomit

marthadude's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is truly unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. It was a little slow and confusing at first but it picks up quickly and leaves you with the pieces of a much larger mystery. This will be a classic one day. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Slavery

Minor: Vomit

isabelmary's review

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

blazed through in one sitting. So weird. Quite tender at times. It should have felt slow but swept me along.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Toxic friendship, Death, Gaslighting, and Cursing

Moderate: Kidnapping

aliyachaudhry's review

challenging dark funny mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Cursing, Vomit, Kidnapping, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, and Trafficking

Moderate: Excrement, Mental illness, Murder, and Gun violence

gusipetch's review

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Ridiculously readable. Fast paced, intriguing, absolutely brilliant.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Murder, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Cursing, Confinement, and Child death

imogenlj's review

hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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

5.0

Stick with it through the first 50 pages when you don’t know what’s going on, but the payoff is worth it!! This book stayed with me long after I’d finished it.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cursing and Gun violence

hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Death, Confinement, Abandonment, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Cursing

audino's review

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

Bumped my review to 5 stars because I keep thinking about this book long after reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dementia, Death, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Confinement, and Kidnapping

Minor: Gun violence, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

aklovekorn's review

adventurous mysterious medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gaslighting, Death, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Grief, Cursing, Kidnapping, and Toxic friendship

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Slavery, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Child death, Cursing, and Homophobia

Minor: Excrement, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, and Trafficking

Homophobia warning is for what reads to me as the predatory gay stereotype.