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Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson: Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
21 reviews
hanz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Gun violence, and Violence
Minor: Rape and Racial slurs
fiwilson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
Minor: Kidnapping, Death, Vomit, Trafficking, Slavery, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Gun violence, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Murder, Violence, Suicide, Child death, and Physical abuse
lportilla's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Violence and Kidnapping
knockonwood03's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Child death, Violence, and Abandonment
Moderate: Homophobia, Kidnapping, and Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Child death
naturally's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
and the worldbuilding (and incorporation of native american culture) is actually the best part of moon-called. the first 1/3 was engaging enough, then the overall pacing got weird...
briggs attempts to give mercy a personality, but the quips fall flat. sure, mercy knows a lot about cars and goes to church, but it's difficult to connect with her emotionally bc the turning-points in her relationships with other characters are told and not shown. i.e. her relationship with samuel, most of the date with adam...
speaking of other characters, this book was a total sausage fest. loads of indistinct men, who have the same character "voice", so they all blend into one. nothing about samuel stands out...HE SUCKS!!! i had trouble believing he was mercy's first love...he reads as a random guy who she argues with a couple times. very chemistry-less. adam is marginally better, but his "banter" with mercy is pretty blank (again, she rarely describes the emotional or physical effect he has on her...) (i like bran though!)
and, of course, all the women hate mercy! the only female character who likes her happens to be ADAM's teenaged daughter.
i think this book is partially a product of it's time? in a lot of the 2000s urban fantasies i've read the heroines can fight and are quirky but not alienating/annoying... not so beautiful that they're unrelatable to the average reader...but still sexy enough to have multiple hot male love interests that the reader can experience vicariously. it's tricky to balance all the ingredients, and maybe moon-called came out of the oven tasting very bleh as a result?
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Animal death
Minor: Death of parent
styxx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Physical abuse, Death, Outing, Gun violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, and Drug use
Minor: Sexual harassment
sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This was just as boring as Alpha and Omega and Cry Wolf. Someone promised me that Mercy Thompson was THEE paranormal urban fantasy series to get into. I read Cry Wolf and it's prequel novella and gave them both 2 stars.
There's little to no action until about 60% of the way through the book, it took me 10 days to finish this, it was so boring.
This is the last Patricia Briggs book I'm reading, I tried three separate times and all three reads got 2 stars from me.
I'm giving this two stars.
⭐️⭐️
Graphic: Misogyny, Death, Violence, Homophobia, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Lesbophobia
sflory910's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Violence, Murder, Sexual assault, and Gun violence
tonton2612's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Moderate: Violence and Kidnapping
Minor: Gun violence
dreamerfreak's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Death
Moderate: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Violence, and Sexual assault