Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Red Sister by Mark Lawrence

30 reviews

rdawnl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Murder, and Violence

ginamiya's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Moderate: Child abuse and Trafficking

emilyplun's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, and Animal cruelty

good_peony's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Trafficking

cleo_reads's review

3.5

 I wanted to like this more than I did. It seems like the sort of YA SFF I'd like - misfit girl taken in and raised by warrior nuns in a convent / magical boarding school - but I had trouble connecting to the story and it was just too violent for me. I also remembered why I stopped reading chosen one / magical school type stories - I often have trouble suspending disbelief enough to go along with the action. Plus the pedagogy is usually awful.

This book does subvert some of the usual Chosen One tropes and I found that interesting. I also found the world building interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment

It starts out as a typical high fantasy but I have a feeling that in the rest of the trilogy, it will be revealed to be SF in the style of Anne McCaffrey's Pern series or Sharon Shinn's Samaria series.

themoodreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Death and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Death, Animal cruelty, and Violence

Minor: Blood, Death, Medical content, Confinement, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, Abandonment, Bullying, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, War, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Slavery

mandkips's review

adventurous dark 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, and Animal death

camam4'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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Gore

auri_underthing's review

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.75

Wow, when I finished this book I had to stare at the wall for a few minutes to process it. A haunting tale.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Torture

Minor: Gore, Blood, and Violence

alyj1991's review

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Violence, Slavery, and Sexual harassment