Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Powerless by Lauren Roberts

481 reviews

tanvi45's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark funny tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent

pearl_07's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

agneseatonnn's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional reflective medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

starpiece's review against another edition

3.5

emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I liked this book overall. Good banter and the main cast is likable.  It does move quickly and I wish it was written in third person since I got confused a few times between the POV switches, but I liked that we saw it from multiple perspectives 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

basmala02's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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Wow.. Y'all weren't lying. The tension between Paedyn and Kai is top tier! The dialogue is so witty and humorous. The world system is easy to understand. The story focuses more on the relationship between the characters. The ending is so chaotic and devastating, I don't know how things will be fixed from here ?? I will definitely be diving into the rest of the series.

✨️ Some quotes I liked ✨️

 ‘If I am to be her enemy, I want it to be because she loathes herself for wanting me.’

‘So, you just want me? No powers?’
‘Yes. I just want you,’ she breathes, annoyed with me. My mouth twists into a crooked grin.
‘I knew you wanted me, Gray.’

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood

chemicallygreen13's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I did not think the writing was very good. I wouldn't be able to take a shot every time the author used 'sticky' in the first chapter because I'd be too drunk to keep reading. Honestly, nearly made me DNF immediately. I also found the MMC insufferable for a decent portion of the book and I quite frankly I did not care about him. One positive thing I would like to say though, is, the chapters were short and the ending was entertaining. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Torture

Minor: Genocide, War

elosh04lib's review against another edition

5.0

tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent

laelawalker's review against another edition

4.75

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

fromundertheashtree's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

ruth_healy13's review against another edition

3.75

tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I thought that the characters were mostly written quite well (

Paedyn’s ability to read people was way too unrealistic in my opinion

), however the writing was a little bit repetitive at times and certain moments (

like when Jax nearly died

) were completely unnecessary. I also thought that a lot was taken from other books, for example, The Hunger Games. Other than that though, it was quite good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Cursing, Medical content