Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett

4 reviews

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.25

This was a good ending for the entire series. I really liked how the whole world/plot came together, it was super detailed and interesting. I wish we got more of the characters but I don't think that was the point, more about humanity/civilisation. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Child death, Medical content, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Violence, War, Murder, Slavery, and Torture

jjjreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Slavery, Torture, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, War, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, and Drug use

bamboopanda's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

I… can’t even begin to describe my feelings for this book. 
Every time I think it has to be ending, has to get better, things get more dire. 

This series has made me live and die at the same time. I CANNOT!
But this last book is the one that drove the dagger home.

The despair of it all. The struggle to be the one left standing at the end.

And the heartbreak I experienced at the end of it all.
If not for the fact that I was out in public, I would have cried.

I fear that I’m making no sense, so I will leave it at that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Murder

Minor: Violence, Slavery, and War

unboxedjack's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad 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

3.75

I struggled through the tedious battle scenes and increasingly complicated explanations of the scriving tech, thinking this would end up being a three star read.

Then the last 100 pages, especially the epilogue, hit me and the book redeemed itself. Excellent rendered prose that didn’t feel melodramatic, though it certainly could’ve ended that way. Wonderful ending to a great series.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, and Slavery