Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Deluxe Edition I by Nagabe

6 reviews

rnbhargava's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This is an excellent spin on essentially beauty and the beast. The kid is the beauty, the beast is teacher and the curse is upon many individuals and potentially animals. The child is so innocent and caring but there’s a sinister prophecy afoot. It’s compelling hearing about the circumstances for the world and how it relates to the child and her caretaker only known as Teacher. I’m excited to read further.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Body horror, Racism, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Terminal illness, Genocide, Animal death, Blood, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Xenophobia

drudeger's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

nightstitch96's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Abandonment

mir_frog73's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

This book is so pretty. Nearing the end the plot started picking up more. The beginning is a little slow but that’s understandable because there needs to be world building 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Abandonment, and Confinement

vienna_books's review

adventurous challenging dark inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

The art in this is stunning! I find the characters lovable but the nuances of the plot were hard to grasp for me at points. I feel like there is a lot of underlying meaning that completely went over my head and overall I enjoyed this more from an artistic perspective than a literary one. The whole feeling I got while reading this was “dark whimsical fairytale“. Another word I would describe this story with is “weird“ - it is certainly not for everybody but it made me like it more.
A word I would NOT use to describe this book is “cozy“. There is a scene where a character gets beheaded with an axe in front of a child, so I would not call this a cozy read, just in case anyone was thinking that. 

Even though I enjoyed reading this, I‘m not sure if I will continue on with the series because the actual plot didn‘t really intrigue me. I can see myself rereading the first book for the art and whimsy though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment

grace_yin's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail