Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Powerful by Lauren Roberts

42 reviews

hayleythegoose's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse

bookedandbusy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

5.0

This novella was incredible and I loved it! I loved Adena is Powerless so seeing her side of things while Pae was doing the trials was interesting! I also loved Makoto and I loved that the book was multi pov!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse and Torture

emilywemily6's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

4.0

I genuinely liked reading this novella,  but not as much as Powerless. I didn’t connect with the characters as well, and it took a bit longer than I expected to get behind their relationship; opposites attract is kind of hard to write well in such a short story in my opinion. But I was thoroughly invested and devastated by the ending. The author has some beautiful writing that is still easy to understand and feel. I wish there was less focus on the romance and more plot though- I would have loved to see the interaction between Adena and the king, or to hear more about the common people and their opinion of the Trials. If Mak isn’t reintroduced later in the series I’ll riot. This was his rebel origin story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Torture, Violence, and Police brutality

Minor: Ableism

kyleethecatlady's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

🥲
It’s tough when you know what’s gonna happen in a book because of another book in the series because the entire time I was reading, I was just waiting for it to happen. 
And MAK 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief

thebankofbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

jennabi8's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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

THIS BOOK WAS SO CUTE AND SO FUN! And then ABSOLUTELY heart wrenching!!💔😭 I loved every minute, dare I say even more than book one..hmm🤔

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

linaslittlelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Death of parent

literarymary95's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

Despite this novella not really adding much to the original book (Powerless) other than

how Adena ended up at the center of the final trial as the sacrifice

, it was still an interesting read and see how Adena's character influenced Paedyn's.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Grief, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Violence, and Death of parent

I'm hoping Makoto will be added into the rest of the series because I think that would be a really great idea, especially considering the circumstances that happen at the end of Powerless/Powerful. I think he could actually add a lot to the plot that continues the series.

vj_thompson's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

5.0

“See you in the sky.”

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Torture, Grief, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Stalking, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

snapeygan's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

3.75

As for the first book of the serie, I’m not a fan of the way it’s written. But I am fan of the twists and the characters. I knew what would happen, but deep down I kept hoping that somehow what happened in the first book didnt happen for real (and even though it still happened AGAIN, I will keep hope, leave me alone). I can’t wait to read the sequel!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail