Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Fable by Adrienne Young

70 reviews

thereaderfriend's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

3.5

Liked the character development, characters themselves, the dredging aspect, the bonds between the characters.

Disliked lack of fantasy, its slow pace—took more than half of the book to get to the action after explaining the setting, rules and introducing characters, little character exploration despite character development, the insta  love between the mc and her love interest, the ending, how the author told most of the events rather than shown—I don’t like that pov :/ 

This is the instance where I’d prefer a longer book bc there’s so much potential for this book. But I will try the sequel and maybe the side characters books bc I’m curious about them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, Self harm, Torture, Medical content, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

intothestarrysea's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Abandonment

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content

aspoonfuloflanguage's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I loved this story. It had me hooked from the beginning, and the deeper I fell into Fable's world the more enticing it became. I loved the tension, the mystery, the intrigue, and honestly... the sea. As someone who grew up swimming in the ocean every summer, this book put me back into my happy place. The world building was absolutely incredible and the plot was complex and super enjoyable to follow, as were all the characters in the book. The only thing that could have brought this book to 5 stars was (possible spoiler)

the progression of Fable and West's relationship. It felt like the author expected the reader to suspend belief and make assumptions based on past history she didn't even touch on during the first half of the book. While things started coming to light later in the book, which mostly patched up the holes at the beginning, it still kind of felt like their relationship was founded on shaky ground at best.

That aside, it wasn't enough to distract me from the book as a whole and I still really enjoyed it!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

maregred's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

reads_with_lauren's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I am such a fan. The author wrote this so well: characters are AMAZING, plot is so intriguing, and I was hooked. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

faitherslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous medium-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Murder, and Abandonment

kinsportch's review against another edition

adventurous 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Confinement and Violence

Minor: Kidnapping and Alcohol

charlottebreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

4.75

CW/TW: Death of a parent, death/murder, blood, violence
Age Rating: 13+

- Fable was a good main character. She was smart and she wasn't boring. She had flaws and goals and emotions and was fully fleshed out.
- West was cool.
- The characters were really great.
- The writing was a bit wordy at times.

- I liked Paj and Auster together.

- I can't wait to read the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Violence and Blood

mypatronusisajedi's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing