Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Twin Crowns by Catherine Doyle

16 reviews

abby_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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

4.0

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This was a cute read. I had a good time. I thought parts were funny. I liked the romance between Rose and Shen, and I thought the relationship between Wren and Tor. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: War, Blood, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual content, Death, and Animal death

soph22's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful 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

4.75

At halfway through I ordered the next two books. Honestly, as a Disney girlie, I loved everything about this. The only reason it didn’t quite get to five stars is because the ending felt slightly rushed. Otherwise, this is one of my favourite books I’ve read this year!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Murder, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Child death, Alcohol, Blood, Gore, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

runefiction's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Emotional abuse, War, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death, Alcohol, and Death

oystersauce's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Emotional abuse, and War

Minor: Animal death and Death

2blueshoes's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

Sometimes in order to write convincing character development, your characters have to be very unlikable at the beginning of your book. For me, this was the case here. I almost stopped reading about a third of the way through, BUT I’m glad I didn’t. About half way through the book, Wren and Rose become much more thoughtful and less juvenile and their dialogue becomes much more witty and engaging. 

There is some romance in this story, but it is not the main focus, and the “heroes” are very much secondary characters. (Albeit very charming ones). Spiciness is fairly tame - it’s mostly longing looks. 

Overall a fun read, with increasingly like-able characters. (Low key obsessed with Celeste.) Not life changing - I did not want to stay up all night reading this book, but I’ll definitely read the next one in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Gaslighting

Moderate: Kidnapping, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, and Murder

Minor: War, Confinement, Vomit, Sexual content, Death of parent, Animal death, and Sexual harassment

takarakei'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? Yes

3.25

Princess and the Pauper retelling, kind of. A bit too long especially cause it's a duology. I felt like they could've cut at least 100 pages. Plotline was a bit predictable for regular ya fantasy readers. I likely won't continue with book two as I feel like I know what's gonna happen and I'm not moved to read another 500 pages.

2/5 🌶️ basically some hot and heavy kissing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: War, Blood, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death, and Sexual content

taryn_g's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Confinement

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcohol and Animal death

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, and Animal death

Minor: Alcohol and Sexual content

kbairbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Wow!!! That was so fun! That was SO FUN! What a blast! The magic, the political intrigue, the long lost twin, the surprise, the emotion! Wow this was great! I will say there really wasn’t any diversity in this book at all so for that I’m dropping it half a star but the plot was fun and the characters were really well fleshed out and I loved the two narrators for the different princesses!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Violence, War, Confinement, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Gore, Alcohol, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

bookish_paws's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Grief

Minor: Kidnapping, Animal death, Blood, Death, and Death of parent