Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Lui che annegò il mondo by Shelley Parker-Chan

207 reviews

frankahilde's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad 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

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They didn’t lie when they said it was gonna be even better than the first one. I had this book for a while now and I knew it was going to take me a bit to finish it, so I put it off for like 6 months but I’m so happy I finally read it. It is truly a masterpiece. It is impossible to guess what happens next, everything is so intricately planned out, even the last detail is perfect. The characters are so unique and interesting, I especially enjoyed Lady Zhang. The book is definitely for the faint of heart though. All in all it was a great experience 10/10 would recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, Classism

kleebus's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Violence, Grief, War

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Transphobia

a_mo_zing's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief

Moderate: Slavery, Pregnancy, War

Minor: Physical abuse, Rape

98whiskers's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence

a_wong's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was a difficult read for me, the author was successful depicting hard emotions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War

jessv's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark sad tense 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: Yes

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A dark and angst-ridden sequel with almost zero likeable characters. Much of the plot revolved around military strategising/campaigns which I found a bit boring and ultimately why this isnt 5 stars for me. However the writing and character development were excellent. I particularly loved the last 80 pages and couldn't put it down. Perhaps 4.5 stars just because of that last section.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, War

Moderate: Violence

ameck's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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shelley parker chan writes a very good sequel! murder plots, betrayals, queer lovers and queer enemies. the twisting and harrowing conclusion of zhu’s quest for the throne!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, War, Injury/Injury detail

sushibear2002's review against another edition

4.25

dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

mmadiisonn's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder

Moderate: Miscarriage, Violence, War

braveprincess11's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I adored She Who Became the Sun, and this is everything I could’ve possibly wanted out of the conclusion & more 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Child death, Pregnancy