Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Girls of Storm and Shadow by Natasha Ngan

21 reviews

jazzle_dazzle's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcoholism, War, and Murder

denee16's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book and the series so far has been incredibly hard to read. Not because it is bad, quite the opposite actually. This book has made me feel seen in my own journey of healing and dealing with trama. It shows the ugly truth of every topic it covers, but does so with such authenticity it can make it hard to breath. I am enraptured by this book and Natasha's writing. Her imagery is incredible and descriptive and her story is profound.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Blood, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic relationship, Classism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, War, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, and Mental illness

teddy_books's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Alcohol, Violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Slavery, War, and Murder

dokushoka's review

adventurous dark reflective tense 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Classism, War, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Outing, and Violence

Minor: Confinement, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

the_bookish_rose's review

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.0

I was so stoked to continue the series after the first intro into it, and boy this book did not disappoint. Those there were a bunch of new characters in the cast, I was delighted by some of their humor and personalities and it was so interesting to get more worldbuilding that was vastly different than the first book.

I will say, I wish I could’ve gotten more about the other castes in the society and more than just the “demon” caste and “human” distinctions, and I was grateful this book was beginning to unravel that. 

I also realllllyyy didn’t like introducing Wren’s ex as trying to get back with her- it just felt awkward and threw me off from the story a bit.

Fair warning though: HAVE the third book nearby because that ending definitely slapped me in the face and left me running to get the conclusion to the trilogy. As the author notes at the end, the middle book of a trilogy is always the toughest to read, but this one still kept the story alive and I’m definitely going to continue reading the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, War, Murder, Violence, Self harm, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol

thekiwibibliophile's review

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

3.5

A good follow on from the first book, although not at good in my opinion. I really liked the amount of action & the amount of exposition to build the world. There are so many twists & I did get kinda annoyed at a few of them.. I’m going to have to get my hands on the 3rd!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Mental illness, War, Violence, Toxic relationship, Slavery, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping

chorglette's review

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Gore, Blood, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, and War

gattolinos_nerdy_nook's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

I think I prefer the first book more than this one. Book two does a lot of setting up for the final book and introduces a lot of conflict between characters.
With up the set up there are also a lot of character development. I thought the development was good and needed in fleshing out some of the characters. With all the character development it did feel like the action scenes lacked in comparison.

All in all I really liked the book and want to finish the series soon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content

lvjysunday's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

I had a good time with this book, and especially enjoyed the new characters introduced. The book fell flat one some parts but still offered a fun read. 

hiro's death broke me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Murder and Alcohol

Minor: Self harm and Sexual content

kas_the_crow19's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Self harm

Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Murder, and Sexual violence