Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Nevernight by Jay Kristoff

27 reviews

katyfortner's review

adventurous 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? Yes

3.75

It took me a while to really get into this book. It started off really dingy and definitely look at the trigger warnings before reading this because it was triggering right off the bat. I do think the narration was true to what an assassin would probably have to think especially from what the MC had to face and go through at such a young age. I would say that 50% of this book was very lacking but the last half to last third of the book really made up for it. Also, I thought the footnotes were a kind of weird addition the author made.. not really sure how I feel about them, but I am leaning towards not liking them.
 

I was really gutted that the love interest, Trix got killed off. I knew there had to be a twist coming up but I was really hoping that would not have been the case. Also, I knew something was off about Ash when she kept hinting that Mia should not stay there and when the obvious antagonists kept swearing up and down that they didn't kill Lottie. I knew something was off but I really liked that Mia finally had a girl-friend and was able to connect with someone along with the relationship she started with Trix.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Rape, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child abuse, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Slavery

emesfiz_28's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Torture, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual content, Slavery, Death of parent, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

Moderate: Vomit

_piercingwords_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

4.75

I am in love with the descriptive writing style and the sassy humour in this. The world is incredibly well built, the characters as well.
While the many footnotes could be very entertaining, they interrupted the reading flow a bit at times.
I'm definitely gonna get the other books of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, Bullying, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic friendship, Grief, Gore, Cursing, and Racial slurs

rena_rena's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexism

kittykaz's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Despite what this extraordinarily pretentious narrator keeps telling us, both the plot and the protagonist were almost painfully transparent in its forced gruesomeness. If Kristoff had let the world and his prose speak for itself, I would have loved the gloomy atmosphere of the lurking shadows under the mountains. Now, and especially with the distracting amount of footnotes, this effect got buried under the evidence of his efforts.
Still, the skill was definitely there, and I am happy to give the rest of the series a chance to catch up on the promises that weren't met here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, Excrement, Religious bigotry, and Vomit

mollytotten's review

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Torture, and Cursing

Minor: Child death

gabberette'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? Yes

4.0

Shocking, violence, young heroine, revenge, death, religion

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Vomit

commander_zander's review

adventurous dark funny 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

Freaking great.

This is a R-rated YA-style book about young assassins. It's irreverent, unapologetic, & very extra. The characters are largely amoral, which is refreshing. It has lots of gratuitous violence & jokes about sexual violence. If that sounds off-putting then skip this book.

If you like YA books that are weird & extra, you might love this. What i love about this book is its passionate enthusiasm, its overflowing love for the Red Church, its charisma, & its surprisingly great plot twists.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Cursing

hailie_lloy's review

adventurous dark emotional tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Cursing

Minor: Rape

sleepytessa's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Incest, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Minor: Cursing and Vomit