Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Paladin's Strength by T. Kingfisher

20 reviews

ritabriar's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

I adore how Istvhan and Clara are built for each other, how their deep, dark secret flaws are exactly what makes them perfect for each other. As always, the main characters are kind and humorous. Sigrid, Galen, and Brindle are all vibrant and each charming in their own way. 

The story is a quest and a mystery braided together with a romance on a road trip. It really has everything.

We get to visit a new city, with problems the Temple of the White Rat

can't really solve, but tries to manage anyway.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Mental illness, Murder, Blood, Grief, Slavery, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, and Violence

Minor: Body horror, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Animal death

There are gladiatorial pits and a

group of women

forcibly taken to them. Creepy dolls make an appearance, in a way, associated with the

return of the smooth men

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heartwithpaper's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious reflective 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

4.0

This was a fun and adventurous read. Last quarter of the book was wild.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Animal death, and Body horror

Minor: Physical abuse and Emotional abuse

bookishtraveler's review

adventurous dark funny hopeful 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

4.25

This 2nd book in the Saint of Steel series has a lot more action than "Paladin's Grace."  However, the story is on repeat with the love interests both being flawed and repeating the same "(s)he loves me, (s)he loves me not" romance.
Themes were interesting as always in T.Kingfisher's books: loss of faith, what is faith, friendship, consent, love, and more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Death, Body horror, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

purplepenning's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Body horror, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Gore, and Trafficking

Minor: Excrement, Infertility, Cannibalism, Slavery, Alcohol, and Child death

bluerskies's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Mental illness, Body horror, and Confinement

Moderate: Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Blood

Minor: Xenophobia

reclusivebookslug's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

Probably my favorite book in the trilogy. Love the big women appreciation. We get the conclusion of the leftover mystery from the first book. Gets into some cool horror stuff.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Body horror, Confinement, and Fire/Fire injury

maryellen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

My God, but I love this series so much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Blood, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Murder, Sexual content, Animal death, Body horror, Grief, Death, and Kidnapping

astropova's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Grief, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content

elle_e_d_light's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.25

I may have liked the first book just a bit more, but I still really loved this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Vomit

natcat's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful sad 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

He's a guilt-stricken paladin with a dead God and a hole in his soul, she's a nun

WHO CAN TURN INTO A BEAR

on a quest to find her kidnapped sisters, together they fight injustice and PINE for approximately 95% of this book (this is mostly the paladin's fault,  he will not get with the program). Honestly this book was a delight; I loved getting to see more of this world, I really liked Istvhan and Ursa, and while I was going "JUST KISS" at Istvhan for a good chunk of this book, all the resolutions were very satisfying to me. I partocularly liked how creepy and gruesome the ceramic man plot is, and how satisfying the end of Ursa's quest is. And also, shallowly, Ursa is tall and strong and

CAN TURN INTO A BEAR

, this is very attractive to me, okay?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, and Murder