Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

150 reviews

alexhaydon's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-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: Body horror, Gore, and Murder

taelights's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Honestly I really struggled to get into this book. The story and world really confused me a lot and before I switched to the audiobook and started over that way I had no idea what was happening while reading. Then when I started to come around to the book they hit me with the annoying horny instant love between a het couple I cared nothing about and honestly ruined for me the only character I was starting to actually like by making her a love interest for literally no reason and pairing her with fucking Serapio. The romance just annoyed me so fucking much and added literally nothing to the book. I would have liked the book a lot more without it but no we had to have a boring basic het romance in a book that didn't need romance at all. 

Objectively the book was well written. The overall story had some good moments and the ending was very tense and exciting to read but until then the book mostly dragged for me and I didn't like most of the main characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Animal death

md11's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

kpem's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Murder

pinkhyxteria's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Blood

Minor: Alcoholism, Torture, and Alcohol

lynneliu's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual content and Death of parent

mariebrunelm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

It's epic! It's queer! It's not set in a Western Middle-Ages village!
Black Sun is a fast-paced, high-stakes, multiple-points-of-view fantasy inspired by Pre-Columbian civilizations of South America. We follow a priestess preparing the highly important ceremonies of the Convergence, a captain whose luck soars and plummets with equal force, and a young whose destiny has the dark, sleek feathers of a crow. Each one is a pleasure to follow across the streets, waters and airs of this novel that I found hard to put down. The short chapters introduced by glimpses of world-building helped, for sure. I was worried I would be completely lost in the ins and outs of a complex world, but the author manages to blend seamlessly her character focus with the twists and turns of the story (of which there are many). A very, very enjoyable read! I don't know if I'll continue with book 2 (it's quite rare when I do), but I had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed Black Sun's refreshing diversity. Some parts (especially the gruesome first scene) reminded me of N.K. Jemisin's The Fifth Season, so you may want to look that way for similar vibes).
Rep: bi, non-binary (using neo-pronouns), trans characters. Blind character. No white character that I noticed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Vomit

rachc'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Xenophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, and Alcohol

unsuccessfulbookclub's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Genocide, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, and Abandonment

sailorpulsar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Suicide, Alcohol, and War