Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross

170 reviews

chelly_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, War, Grief, Blood, Gore, Murder, Medical content, and Violence

kathyreadsalot's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Violence and War

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Confinement

kaz_brekkerrr's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Sexual content, War, and Death

theinkedpath's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad

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

4.0

ES:

Ya se ha acabado mi nueva obsesión...y no sé qué va a pasar después de leer este libro.
Necesitaba transportarme lejos de mi vida y este libro me ha dejado viajar hasta Oath con una maleta para máquina de escribir, enamorarme de nuevo del periodismo y vivir otra vida. Ojalá esa vida durara más.
Sé que este libro no es perfecto, pero ha sido mi oportunidad para dejar de ser yo por las noches y pensar que había cartas llenas de amor que viajaban entre armarios también para mi.

Pienso leer más cosas de Rebecca, por supuesto.

EN:

I did not want this to end. I needed more Iris and Roman. I needed more love letters full of longing and sweet words.
It is not a secret among those who love me that these past months have been a nightmare...and this book was my safe space during that time. The best moment of the day. 
Probably it is not the perfect book, but it was the book I needed. I needed to scape to Oath, find myself in Iris and feel in love with journalism again (a career I studied but I could not find opportunities in the way I wanted). Old-fashion typewriters in hand, gathering stories, all mixed with magic. 
Through Iris and Roman love story I had my heart pounding, wishing magic ley lines were real, waiting for the next letter. 
I am a romantic, I am not going to lie. I wished for love letters of my own. But their love story serve me as a shelter for when stress and sadness was too much in my reality. 
I also found that this story allowed me to find joy while also mirroring the desperation I was feeling in my real life. All mixed, all at the same time.
I wish I could explore Iris and Roman story further, as they have accompanied me in such hard times. It is hard to say goodbye.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, War, Blood, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

As a form of trigger warnings there is

death of a sibling

As a form of trigger warnings there is

an execution scene, although the character is not killed in the end

amy_q13'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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and War

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Confinement, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Sexual content, Medical content, Death of parent, and Child death

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Chronic illness, Gore, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Genocide, Mass/school shootings, Gaslighting, Violence, Murder, Medical content, Gun violence, and Grief

maddy707's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.5

 I was just so bored with this. It doesn’t hit the same as Divine Rivals and there wasn’t nearly enough romance for me. It just left something to be desired. The pacing was so slow through the first half, Dacre and Enva’s relationship wasn’t expanded upon nearly enough. The tone was so jarringly back and forth. And so much stuff was just randomly thrown in without much expansion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, War, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

rachelkreadsbookz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: War

jessiemp2024's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Violence, War, and Chronic illness

katharina90's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

2.0

A weak conclusion to the duology. The story dragged for the longest time, then it was nothing but rushed. The plot was half-baked. Too many plot holes and developments that didn't make sense or seemed unnecessary. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Classism, War, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content