Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah

74 reviews

jennipea382's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Gore, Blood, Grief, Murder, Torture, and Death

garrettcz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Death of parent, Bullying, Slavery, and Torture

Minor: Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, and Torture

persephonefoxx's review

adventurous 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Murder, Torture, and Death

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

chrisb913's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

This story was a lot of fun. Jinn and magic and lots of mystery. My only issue with the book was the pacing was all over the place. The author was incredibly descriptive which made for a fantastic read but kinda bogged down the plot in areas. All in all, highly recommend and looking forward to the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Xenophobia, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Child death

lesliehirgelt's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Child death, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Infidelity, Bullying, and Murder

sam_gartley91's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

angela005's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Death, Death of parent, and Blood

Moderate: Grief, Genocide, and Torture

Minor: Pregnancy, Alcohol, Infidelity, War, and Forced institutionalization

bessadams's review

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Murder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief, Torture, and Child death

angiedotthereader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad 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

4.75

What an adventure! Chelsea Abdullah is now one of my favorite fantasy authors. Her imagination is out of this world and I was so immersed in the desert world that she created in this book. 

There is a lot going on in this story and some chapters were very jam packed, and I had to take breaks from reading to ruminate and make sense of the story. 

Overall I cannot wait for the second book in this series! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Genocide, Violence, and Murder

laura_mcloughlin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

3.5

 

For the most part I enjoyed this book. The world building and characters are good, but the pacing was a bit off. Things got real exciting about the 60% mark, then slowed down to a crawl until right at the end. This is part 1 of a trilogy and the ending felt a bit abrupt. I do look forward to reading part 2 next month when it comes out.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Murder, Death of parent, and Violence