Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

50 reviews

ageckocalledachilles's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This book is really fun, and would have got 4*, but

I am of the personal opinion that authors who kill off the lovable cheeky urchin for an emotional reaction   deserve to suffer

and so points were deducted. Other than that a great romp through a well built world with complex lore, lovable characters and witty dialogue.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Grief, Torture, Death, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, War, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Vomit

tinytrashqueen's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Animal death

gandalf_a's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Violence, Child death, Classism, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Vomit, Slavery, War, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Trafficking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Medical content

latenightwriter's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

What a pleasant surprise this novel was. I'd be honored if anything I write could come close to it. Alas, I'll have to wait a day or so for its sequel to arrive in the mail, so I'll have to find another book to keep myself occupied with until then. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Torture

cj13's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Torture, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Kidnapping, Classism, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

winterwoodbooks's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious slow-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

5.0

This was just awesome from start to finish

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexism, Gore, Suicide, Trafficking, Mental illness, Misogyny, Abandonment, Death, Classism, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Excrement, Fatphobia, Drug use, Hate crime, Body horror, Cursing, Dysphoria, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Genocide, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Vomit, and War

ekcd_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Body horror, Child death, Classism, Death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

literarybitch's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad

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

3.5

We love a gentleman bastard, a dashing rogue doing heists and dodging the law! That said, this goes to some very dark places, so fair warning: it starts out with a guy selling orphans, that's a rough place to begin.
I enjoyed myself throughout this one and I have no major complaints. The various nobles' names were hard to tell apart when they were all together in the thick of it, but I was so far in that I decided not to care and it didn't diminish my overall understanding.

Comparisons between this and The Thousand Deaths of Ardor Benn are obvious: they're both quite lengthy, vaguely Rennaissance-era fantasy heists starring a clever antihero and his bestie(s). Between the two, I find Ardor Benn much more fun so if you only have room in your life for one, I recommend that one. But if you don't mind the darker and sadder tones of this One Last Job gone sideways and can't get enough debonair con men, this gets the job done.

7.5/10
#WhatsKenyaReading

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Child death and Death

Minor: Slavery and Death of parent

theneighborhoodbookwyrm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Rape, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, and Physical abuse

davonysus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cursing, Murder, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Vomit, and Fatphobia

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Cursing, Excrement, Death of parent, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, and War