Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Nevernight by Jay Kristoff

73 reviews

savvyy01's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Cursing, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death, Hate crime, Gore, Sexism, Grief, Murder, and Blood

lauramcc7's review

This book tried to hard to be clever and ended up trite and unoriginal instead. It doesn’t  take its own worldbuilding seriously, so why should I? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Blood, and Sexual content

kaylamullarkey's review against another edition

2.5

Good world-building, and I liked the characters for the most part; but some things seemed a little problematic, like

Mia’s plastic surgery and the portrayal of the Dweymeri (who were the only people of color in the entire book).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror

littki'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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Violence, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Slavery, Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Classism, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Grief, Incest, Torture, and Vomit

nathalie_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Death of parent, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Excrement, Drug use, Alcohol, and Child death

lisavandonselaar'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death and Gaslighting

Minor: Slavery

nandakandabooks's review

adventurous slow-paced

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

1.5

While the voice actor did a great job I barely finished this book due to the plot.
It was finished only because it was sth. to listen to during walks.
Plot quite predictable and no suprises on my side.
I liked the concept and the shadow animals but I am not intruged to continue with the series.
Also it continued quite some unecessary detailed sex and cruelty scenes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Torture, Death of parent, Blood, Slavery, Sexual content, Vomit, Rape, Grief, and Death

rafacolog's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Death, Blood, Violence, and Addiction

caitlinxx05's review against another edition

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

3.5

I’m a little divided on this book.

I really liked the general concept; a school to train assassins. Next to that I loved the Italian influences that kept peeking in and the characters, the way they were quite clear and put up.
The world-building was okay, could’ve been a bit better I think, and it took a little too long for me to get to the point of where it was hard to put the book down (but I did get there, so POINT).
The way the ending closed up, I’m content not continuing the series and leaving it with this book. As much as happened at the ending, I don’t feel the need to read the rest.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing

thebookkeepers's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

5.0

Original review: This audiobook was great! The story was a bit confusing at first as the reader bounces between timelines, but it doesn’t take too long to get adjusted. 

I love books that take place in fantasy schools and contain competitions — so this book was perfect. We follow Mia as she searches for The Church (a school of deadly assassins). 

I will definitely be continuing this series and looking forward to learning more of the mysteries the author has left unanswered 👀.

Reread 2023: I reread the physical copy this time & loved it just as much! I felt the betrayals even deeper knowing what is to come next. Such addictive writing and eloquent world building. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder