Reviews tagging 'Gore'

One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake

8 reviews

maple_dove's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Alcohol, Death, Blood, Misogyny, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Gore, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, and Self harm

Minor: Infidelity, Pregnancy, Child death, War, Animal death, Vomit, and Sexual content

Self-harm (graphic - Ritualistic purposes)

rafacolog's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Violence, Blood, Gore, and Murder

pagesbycaroline's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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

3.75

This book definitely keeps you on your toes. There was so many ups and downs where you thought something was over and then it comes back later. A good sequel.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Gore, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content

queer_bookwyrm'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

4 ⭐ CW: Violence , descriptions of blood and gore, death/murder, animal cruelty, infanticide mention 

One Dark Throne is book two in the Three Dark Crowns quartet. I felt similarly about this book as I did the last book. The story is interesting, but some of the dialogue is still a little weird. 

We pick up after the events of last book with Arsinoe is trying to keep her discovery to herself and Jules, as well as trying to figure out how not to die in the Ascension year. Arsinoe continues to be the best queen of the bunch and I want to see how she puts her gift to use in the coming books. As always, Jules is the real MVP and he she got to have a really fascinating discovery as well. 

Queen Mirabella just wants to not have to kill her sisters. Even though she has been acknowledged as the chosen queen, she isn't doing as well as hoped. Not to mention the guy she's in love with belongs to someone else. We get to see more of Mirabella's powers at work here. I love that she can sail a ship with her elemental abilities. 

And then there is Queen Katharine. She went through some shit last book that she truly didn't deserve, but her personality took a complete 180° turn. She went from being meek and sickly to evil and slightly less sickly. It isn't really explored why she's so different, but it is hinted at that it's connected to the Breccia Domain. I hope we get more of what she's thinking next book, because she just seems evil for evil's sake. 

This is a decent series with good characters, and I can't wait to see what happens next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Blood, Gore, Death, and Domestic abuse

bookishgoob's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Such a beautiful and heartbreaking sequel. part of me doesn’t want to go to the next book from the fear of my heart breaking even more. Katharine is terrible and i can not stand any of the arryns. this book series is such an adventure and i very much recommend it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Torture, and Violence

emily_mh's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.25

I feel pretty much the same about this instalment as I did about Three Dark Crowns: this book had the same selling points and pitfalls. I added a quarter star to the rating as the second half is better and has definitely breathed new life into the plot line; I’m intrigued to see where the series goes next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Self harm, Ableism, and Physical abuse

Minor: Animal death, Alcohol, War, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Grief, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Misogyny

martereadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Self harm, Police brutality, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, and Blood

Minor: Sexual content, Animal cruelty, and War

books_and_coffee_vibes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.75

I found this book a lot better then the first book. It had a quicker pace and the plot was a lot better. I found there was more character development and the last few pages left me crying. I loved how there was a turn of events that kept me on my toes. 

This book is one of my favorites in the series so far. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Self harm, and Violence