Reviews tagging 'War'

Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles

34 reviews

notthatlibrarian's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: War

nesscoffeee's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.5

A solid first book and a good start to the trilogy, I'd say. I enjoyed the book as a whole! Though there was nothing that particularly stood out to me.

Will and Kim had a good dynamic. Their banter was great - and their feelings complex enough to be intriguing. Also, I was amazed how factual the spicy scenes were.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Minor: War and Violence

ninjamuse's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Confinement, Violence, and Murder

Minor: War

kmoz's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Torture and Violence

Minor: War

cleot's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Stalking, Torture, Confinement, Gaslighting, War, Kidnapping, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Suicide

indeed_distract'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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: War

zachzakku's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.5

Dang, is this book good. The writing is superb (as usual with KJ Charles) and the tension between these two is electric. I can't decide whom I like more, Kim or Will, but I suspect I like Kim more at the moment and will like Will better by the end of the trilogy. He's just consistently badass. Like, extremely badass, like, I'd like to touch his biceps badass.

The "mystery" in the book is also solvable (by the right readers), which I always appreciate, even if I myself haven't a chance at solving the thing.

Fair warning, there is quite a bit of on-the-page violence in this one.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: War

booksthatburn's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.0

SLIPPERY CREATURES is a dynamic story with vivid characters and intimate stakes for a former soldier come bookshop owner who keeps having his calm interrupted.

Normally I cannot stand books where one of the main characters is lying to the other, especially in the context of a relationship. I think what makes the difference is that Will figures out quickly that Kim is lying to him about some pretty important things, even if he doesn't know the precise shape of it for a while. Kim is fascinating as a character, but I would not want to hang around him in person. Will and Kim have a very nice time at their first meeting, but Kim keeps lying to him because he has priorities other than Will and it takes most of the book book to get to a point where Will might be more important to him than his prior commitments. Will for his part wants to know where he stands and wants everyone to stop messing up his life for the sake of something he originally didn’t know it was in his possession and has no desire to hold. 

I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this, I will keep reading the series because I want to know what happens next. Future books seem likely to deal more with Zodiac and the relationship between Kim and Will.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Confinement, Torture, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Excrement, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War, Grief, Death, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

kal517's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia and Torture

Minor: Blood, Death, and War

so_many_books's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Cursing, Kidnapping, and Confinement

Minor: War