Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Dead Man's Hand by James J. Butcher

2 reviews

schnaucl's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

It was a promising start to a series.  I liked all of the major characters, and the world was interesting. 

I would have liked to see more of the cat familiar.  I was hoping it would go home with Grimsby or Mayflower.  It's kind of sad if it's left all alone.

I was glad to see that so far at least Butcher has avoided Grimsby being the specialist Unorathdox that ever lived and so far he really has a limited repertoire of spells, though he does get a lot of use out of them.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Alcohol, and Bullying

Minor: Death of parent

lizgriffinwords's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-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

4.25

A really engaging and enjoyable debut! The names are memorable, too! Heartily looking forward to the next installment of the Mayflower and Grimsby magical buddy cop show!

My *only* two complaints were 1) that the female characters were either dead, shrews, or succubi 🙄; and 2) there were noticeably frequent similes, sometimes every sentence. “Like this” and “like that”. I likely noticed it more prominently due to reading via the audiobook (which was well done!)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Violence

Minor: Gun violence and Blood