Reviews tagging 'War'

Murtagh by Christopher Paolini

20 reviews

sanctuary_in_the_pages's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Animal death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: War and Child abuse

Minor: Slavery

fuzzy_fairy's review

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Torture

Moderate: Physical abuse, Body horror, War, Drug use, and Death

lizziaha's review against another edition

3.25

This book has a different tone than the original series and lower stakes. Because Murtagh and Thorn have essentially exiled themselves, they don’t have many close relationships, and other characters from the original series only make brief appearances. That being said I do love some of the new characters and I did especially love Alin’s arc. But this read more as a prequel than a fantasy standalone. There is necessary growth for murtagh and thorn, but I’m more interested in where it’s going to go than the growth itself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Religious bigotry, Trafficking, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Violence, War, Gore, Slavery, and Torture

Moderate: Classism, Animal death, and Abandonment

abby_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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I had such a wonderful time reading this book. It was hard to put down. I loved this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Torture

Moderate: Gore, Blood, Slavery, Animal cruelty, and Confinement

Minor: War

offtheraels's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

This book has all the usual issues of a Paolini story and had NO RIGHT being that long—but I had SO MUCH fun re-entering this universe and hanging out with my fave broody, poetry-writing, dragon-riding bad boy with parental issues. It was also good to read a YA fantasy sequel/spinoff that admits to the extensive PTSD of its characters, and I would have liked to see more ~healing~ instead of the more ~trauma~ (especially with Thorn, has he not been through enough???)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Violence, Confinement, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Abandonment, and Slavery

Minor: Death of parent and War

shinybookvibes's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Slavery, Confinement, War, Violence, Torture, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse

sh3s_a_rebel's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Torture, and Violence

headrickjeanne's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.5

Absolutely loved. Just remember as with many Paolini books, you may feel like it needs to be shorter than what it is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Violence, Child abuse, Trafficking, War, and Torture

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

mvergari_13's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring tense medium-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

4.5

It's everything we wished the Eragon books were! It's more adult and has darker themes. Murtagh is a character that holds so much depth and getting to explore a new part of Alagaesia was so magical. I only wished there was more of a drawn out romance

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, War, and Body horror

k_rose95's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

I was really excited to return to the world of Alagaësia and this blew me away. Any expectations I had were just blown out of the water.

I loved the totally refreshing perspective as Murtagh and Eragon are both so different. 

And then we have the cult and the witch herself. By far exceeded my expectations of the enemy set up for the continuation of the Inheritance Cycle.

Can't wait to see what's next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Torture, War, and Gore

Minor: Child death, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse