Reviews tagging 'Murder'

One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

57 reviews

straybutterfly's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Blood, Gore, Misogyny, Violence, and Body horror

Minor: Grief, Alcohol, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, and Classism

erinreadsbooks's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This book just didn’t grip me. I felt like the first 75% of the book moved really slowly and I felt myself getting bored. The reveal of

the Nightmare being the old king

also felt prolonged—it was fairly obvious that this was the case so when it was “revealed” to Elspeth and the reader, it just felt underwhelming. I don’t enjoy when it feels like the author is underestimating the reader, and this was one of those times.

I also wasn’t a big fan of the romance, but that may be personal preference as I don’t enjoy the “love at first sight” trope. 

The concept of the story—a bargain with a greater entity that takes more each time one asks for favors—is really compelling, and the ending was interesting. I just wanted the whole book to be as eventful and impactful as the last 25%. 

Read if you like dark fantasy involving bargains for power with a tiny bit of romance. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Death, Gore, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Child abuse, Murder, Sexual content, and Child death

laurenelisewrites's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

OBSESSED. WOW! I consumed this book in one sitting. This was such a fun story. The characters came alive in such a vivid way. It was all too easy to fall in love with them. The magic system was really unique and yet it called back to the hallmarks of classic fantasy. I needed this story more than I realized. Also, the romance was DELICIOUS. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Cursing, Bullying, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Child death

randirush's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.5

hiiiii i need to read the second book RN 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Confinement, Death of parent, and Vomit

scarlett_f's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Toxic relationship, Death, Body horror, Confinement, Violence, and Bullying

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Vomit, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Grief, Child death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Drug use and Domestic abuse

reallyrosalie's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Moderate: Death of parent, Mental illness, Sexual content, Abandonment, and Torture

cecilie26's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

I REALLY loved this book! 
It’s been quite a long time since I found a book, that makes me forget the world around me. This one did! 
The characters, the plot everything just made sense. Even though the love interest didn’t get that much time to get to know each other before falling in love, I think it’s okay in this one. Even though I would be more than happy to have it made more time to show that they got to know each other and see when they clicked. 
Though I’m not against spice, but I didn’t quite see the need for it in this book. Or see the need for it to be described. 
Otherwise that small detail I really loved it. The author made you hate the characters you should hate and love the characters you should love really easily. 
Loved that the character was smart and thought ahead and who to trust. 
I couldn’t recommend this enough.

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Content Warnings

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

janieboucher's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Terminal illness, and Mental illness

Moderate: Murder, Violence, and Child death

Minor: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

booksdogsandcoffee's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

5.0

This captivating realm of mystique and dark fantasy is a wild ride. Gillig pulls of a ground breaking magic system unlike any I have seen in other fantasy novels. The intricate card based magical system is nothing short of phenomenal and leaves me wanting to have an actual collection of my own of providence cards. This was utterly gripping until the very end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Vomit, Murder, Gaslighting, and Violence

Moderate: Grief and Sexual content

payton_layne's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Moderate: Murder and Death

Minor: Sexual content