Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

27 reviews

aileron's review

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Violence

beccaand's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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: Death

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

Minor: Suicide

count_zero's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Suicide

valjeanval's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

It’s an ok mystery, a decent sci-fi, and a full romance. Kind of forgettable for me though with some cool concepts. I just never really bonded with any characters.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Murder, Violence, and Death

hwesta's review

adventurous lighthearted mysterious relaxing

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

A lighthearted sci fi mystery. I really enjoyed the setting, which evoked the 1800s (railcars, telegrams, universities) in a scifi setting (200+ years on Jupiter). The writing style took me a while to get into. Mossa and Pleiti are a delight. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Murder

cleo_reads's review

adventurous

4.0

Sapphic Sherlock Holmes, on Jupiter.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Murder

dodgeremerson's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Murder and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Suicide, and Misogyny

misterwisp's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

I kinda want to read it again. This has made me want to read more by the author, and be more open to books like this. It's thoughtful, emotional, well written....yeah. Lots of good stuff. So much to appreciate. For the length I did not feel like anything was shallow or underdeveloped, it was not like some novellas that make you wish they were longer. This was impactful and as long as it needed to be. It is worth reading, definitely one to try if you get the chance. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Violence, and Murder

bailey_the_bookworm's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.75

An intriguing mystery, a super cool setting, fun characters—but I found myself always slightly aggravated by the narrative style. The character speaks and thinks in an exaggerated, stuffy near-parody of an academic (someone steeped in vocational awe and their own self-importance as demonstrated through vocabulary) and it became a little tiresome. 

Still really fun, though. I’d give another one a shot. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Violence

alexalily's review

adventurous hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Murder, Suicide, and Colonisation