Reviews tagging 'Violence'

To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo

102 reviews

dorleness's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, Violence, War, and Murder

solouncapitulomas's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

4.5

4.5

almost a perfect standalone fantasy but the ending felt rushed and I think it could've been a longer book and that MAYBE would have helped the characters to build a better final battle, but that's just me and regardless I did love a lot and will be reading more from the amazing author

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Gore, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Slavery and Genocide

myantigone's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Blood and Violence

kateyjay's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

This book was a dark retelling of the little mermaid with an added in slow burn romance, like every fairy tale there was an obvious direction to the plot right from the start. 

The character development in this book is what kept me reading, particularly that of Lira who’s story was one of self discovery however Elian was a little flat and two dimensional. 

The first half of this book was rather slow and I feel there was a lot more world and character building that could have been captured, having a world with 100 kingdoms and only touching on (not even really detailing) 4 of them seems like a missed opportunity and there were so many interesting secondary characters that could have been further explored to add intrigue 

After all the hype this book had on booktok it just felt a little bit flat 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Violence, Torture, Gaslighting, and Child abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Genocide, Gun violence, Murder, and Slavery

fujo_cat's review against another edition

I really wanted to like this book and finish, but I decided to value my time and enjoyment of things. If I'm not enjoying it enough to want to see the ending, I'm not forcing it. So, yeah. What bothered me the most was how every paragraph felt like it could come straight out of Tumblr with its edginess and overall felt really juvenile, like it was trying to be dark and cool but just failed to be captivating. The characters felt like archetypes and the main characters felt too one dimensional - especially the prince, who was mostly a brat doing whatever he felt like because he has no consequences in life and thinking that is cool ("oh look at me I'm no prince charming cuz I kill sirens how cool is that"); also him calling himself a pirate is so, so cringe. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Cursing

Minor: Body horror, Torture, Child abuse, and Death of parent

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Death, and Violence

Minor: Grief

lu_fabre's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

jja_b's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.0

It was cute I guess. I thought it lacked something though. I’d have to think about it some more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Minor: Genocide and Slavery

pineapple18's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Gore, and Violence

golden_like_dior's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Blood, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Child abuse, Death, Gore, War, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse