Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Stolen Heir by Holly Black

73 reviews

lujisa's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror and Torture

julienicole1106's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death

marianna_s's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Slavery, Violence, Blood, and Murder

lindsaykrahreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Where to begin, where to begin? I love stepping into the lands of Elfhame; Holly Black’s world is lush and intriguing and just addicting, it’s like a drug. I love Wren and Oak in all their deceptions and connections. I cannot wait to dive back in with The Prisoner’s Throne to conclude this story!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol

hollymileham's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.25

not immediately obsessed like i was with the original triology but wow what an ending those last few chapters were

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Murder, and Abandonment

vaguelyredhead's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent, Murder, and War

booksarebae's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death

Minor: Sexual assault

diana_raquel's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Kidnapping

Minor: War

snowie0_0's review against another edition

dark tense

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

3.5

I struggled with this book. I haven't read the series that came before and while this is described as standalone, I'm clearly missing a ton of information, backstory, and context. The author kept name-dropping characters and plotlines that were clearly important with no explanation because readers from the previous series wouldn't need an explanation. Which would be fine but this was sold to me as a standalone series. 

That said, once I got about halfway through the audiobook, I was engaged and following along. I called the plot twist about a third of the way in but it was still satisfying to see I was right. 

I'm not sure if I'll listen to the sequel or not. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Toxic relationship, and Blood

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

Minor: Infertility and Pregnancy

georgialee01's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Blood, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child abuse and Murder