Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye

52 reviews

kaylamoran's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

4.75

Wow.

This book was nothing like I expected, and I loved every moment.  It reminded me a bit of the Poppy War at times, which is one of my favourite fantasy series.

The pacing was perfect.  Sloane was so well developed, so human despite everything she goes though and every awful thing she has to do.  Her moments of selfishness were so human, and its nice to read a protagonist for whom self preservation is more important than morality.  The story was so well crafted, and the twist at the end caught me totally off guard.  Overall, I thought this book was brilliant.

The only reason this isn't 5 stars is because a few words felt overused in descriptions.  "Bleeding" (as in to replace a swear word, like the f word) and bastard come to mind.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide, Grief, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Self harm and Cultural appropriation

aklovekorn's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

bookhookedheather's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

All these are in the context of colonization

mikaelaandherbooks's review against another edition

I do feel like an outlier on this, but I could not stick with it. I appreciate the message the author is looking to get across but it was too trauma-packed for me and the pacing couldn’t keep me in it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Grief, and War

Minor: Sexual assault

kabrahams's review against another edition

My second time trying this one. It is very well written and engaging but this is a brutal depiction of child soldiers and I just can't stomach it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Murder, and War

shadesofdivine's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and War

bookishmikay's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Moderate: Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

rouxellereads's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Colonisation

kiwi_00's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

3arth2kaye's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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