Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

137 reviews

steph_weigle's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Mental illness, Vomit, Kidnapping, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Murder, Animal death, Child death, and Grief

ashtheaudiomancer's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

4.5

I picked this out of the Staff Favorite's shelf at a local indie book store, and it was SUCH a fun read! The back cover and description makes it clear this is a romance, but it's structured in such a way that I find the faux-antagonistic tension between these characters lovable and believable. What makes it work is we hear Emily describe her counterpart with annoyance and disdain before we actually MEET him, and then find out he's delightful and caring and socially adept in ways she just isn't. They balance each other out well, and their ribbing doesn't come across as mean-spirited the way so many enemies-to-lovers stories seem to.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Violence on the level you should expect from a Grimm-style fairy tale.

xiekaili's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted tense fast-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Torture

Minor: Cursing

thebookishwizard's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, and Death

kirstym25's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Kidnapping

Moderate: Violence, Death, and Animal death

k8bennetreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense 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

5.0

An excellent book with really lovely characters and atmosphere.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Kidnapping, Death, and Body horror

edey_books's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing slow-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? Yes

4.25

Very cozy and poetically written!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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: Violence, Body horror, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, and Self harm

Minor: Cursing, Animal death, Confinement, Vomit, Alcohol, and Child abuse

starlit_pathways's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing 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: Kidnapping and Violence

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Alcohol

readsbymoonlight's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Blood