Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Daughter of the Siren Queen by Tricia Levenseller

95 reviews

nicholettegm's review

adventurous dark tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Confinement, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Cannibalism

Minor: Sexual violence

kylosten's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense 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: Gun violence and Violence

Moderate: Cannibalism

iffer's review

4.0

I enjoyed this installment more than the first novel.  Elosa's character becomes more developed and the reader can admire the ways in which she grows, takes care of her crew, and learns to deal with her emotions.  There is still a lot of violence and death, which, for some reason strikes me as callous and ruthless in a way it doesn't on a TV or movie.  However, it seems less out of place in book two, since it thematically aligns with the way in which sirens are contradictions, innocent in some ways despite their survival relying on manipulation and murder.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Kidnapping, and Violence

madalina0_0's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Blood

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

tarliee's review

adventurous emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

northernbookfox's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

• 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

2.75

This did exactly what it needed to for me: it was entertaining and fun to read. However, I felt no sense of tension. 
The characters said exactly what they meant and wanted and felt, except Alosa. Levels of clear communication and self-awareness that would be commendable in real people but all the conflict that is supposed to come from those missed connections just evaporated with little to replace it.

Riden

did all his emotional work off-page. Characters just disappeared -

Draxton and Theris/Vandorn

: who knows what happened to them! For characters that were such threats in the previous book, they were dealt with so easily that it felt rushed. Was it? Was there supposed to be a missing book in the middle where they hunted down

Theris

? Who knows, but it's not here now.
Again, entertaining, kept me engaged enough to read it in a day, but when the only moment I felt tense was when

a child got shot in the head

- in a pirate book! I'm not impressed.
It's a shame because I did enjoy all the individual tropes, this should have been an easy win. Just goes to show, tension serves a purpose.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Minor: Rape, Sexism, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Torture, and Cannibalism

alqmort123's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Violence

augustar14's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Cannibalism, Cursing, Murder, Alcohol, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Torture, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual content and Alcoholism

emilywemily6's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

My feelings for this book are stronger than the first one. I loved the character development, both in terms of Alosa’s relationship to her father and her relationship to Riden. We got to see more of Riden’s motivations too. I really hated the miscommunication trope and feel like both Alosa and Riden were bad listeners and also bad communicators for the first half of the book. But eventually they started talking lol. This book was definitely more gruesome than the first one, and I gasped out loud multiple times. I’m glad with how it all turned out, and how the story wrapped up nicely. What an adventure of a story! So many twists and turns. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, Murder, Violence, Blood, Body horror, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual content, Confinement, and Torture

Minor: Cursing and Alcohol

brynleigh's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Rape, War, Violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Slavery, Grief, Drug use, Addiction, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual content and Alcohol