Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

A Dark and Hollow Star by Ashley Shuttleworth

7 reviews

rebekah_t's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Violence

o_mcg318's review

adventurous dark emotional funny 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: Child death, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Cursing and Xenophobia

Minor: Suicide and Addiction

pey333's review

adventurous dark 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Murder, Death, Blood, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

Minor: Sexism

jama_vata's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Cursing, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Grief, and Confinement

Minor: Drug use, Vomit, and Mental illness

miabellawymer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Child death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

samusc's review

adventurous dark funny 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

Full review to come later.
This book was great fun. The different POVs were handled really well, I loved the representation, and there was a good balance between dark topics and light-hearted banter. This felt like peak wlw/mlm solidarity. I wish I had this sort of book in high school.
I'm looking forward to the sequel, that I hope won't have any Harry Potter references.

As a random note, I think this is the first Urban fantasy I've read that takes place primarily in Canada. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Cursing, Medical trauma, and Violence

Minor: Animal death

leahjanespeare's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Here's the book for those of us who grew up in the world of the Mortal Instruments and are now searching for something darker, grittier, but with that same comforting feel--the blurry lines between the mortal and faerie realms. The scope of worldbuilding is unparalleled, and it's only just beginning to flesh out, because not only do we meet the fae, but also ancient gods and other creatures of lore across time. But the heart of this book is in the characters. The casually all-queer cast solidifies that everyone deserves to be represented in magical stories and have adventures, and who are not defined by their sexuality or gender. Each of them contributes a different magical background from all corners of the Courts. The fallen deities, ironborn, the troublemakers, the snarky nerds. The world is not prepared for them but like it or not, they're here to shake things up. Holly Black may be the Queen of Faerie but Ashley Shuttleworth has secured their place in the Seelie Court.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Mental illness