Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

6 reviews

rosyapple's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

fun times
comparison to norrel and strange is apt but this is faster paced and funnier 
pageturner

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Racism

Minor: Blood and Slavery

atamano's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Xenophobia, Misogyny, Racism, and Classism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment

maidmarianlib's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

5.0

Great characters and context, lots of humor as well as thoughtful on issues of diversity. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

tinyjude's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

3.5

This was a strong debut, although compared to Zen Cho's later writing that I had the pleasure of reading, was a bit weak. We see a rich intersection between feminism, colonialism and racism in this book, which contrasts with most of these type of fantasy novels usually with a white predominant cast.

Nonetheless, I would have enjoyed more worldbuilding, a faster pace at the beginning and more development for the love story between the main protagonists (as it felt a bit too rushed). I liked the way menstruation was treated in the story, as well as Prunella's power. I would have loved to see more of the familiars and the fairy world. I liked the complicated relationship between Zacharias and Stephen, although I was left disappointed at the fact that Zacharias didn't question him at the end why he didn't also free his parents as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Colonisation, Sexism, Misogyny, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Slavery, Pregnancy, Hate crime, Genocide, Death of parent, Classism, and Cannibalism

Minor: War and Violence

aplanetarymind's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

I wasn't really engaged with the book initially, but after about halfway or so it really picked up for me. I quite enjoyed some of the realisations imparted towards the end, but the romance really fell flat for me. The characters just didn't seem to feel that strongly towards each other, so it felt a little random.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Violence and Death

Period-typical racism and sexism/misogyny. There is recount of the death of the parental figure, and several assassination attempts are described.

aasplund's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Violence