Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh

13 reviews

katievallin's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Murder, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship

buttermellow's review

mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence and Kidnapping

Minor: Murder and Violence

thoseoldcrows23's review

adventurous dark 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? Yes

5.0

I didn't intend to read all this in one day but it sucked me in and I couldn't stop myself. If you're a forest girl like me this is a must read. 

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Content Warnings

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

marleywrites's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

It was a well told story. I liked the imagery and setting descriptions. I enjoyed Tobias’s character growth. 

I wish we had gotten more of Henry on the page. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Medical content

notpresent22's review

mysterious reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

2.75

This book is really interesting and an enjoyable read. The story of Silver and Finch is a fascinating and exists in a supernatural world I found to be extremely intriguing and fun to read about.
However this book suffers from its length being too short to ever connect to the story or the narrative. The majority of the story is spent without one of the two core characters as they attempt and fail to solve the primary conflict which left me feeling like the genre had changed from the emotional romance of the first half to a poorly written action and adventure novel in which I was disconnected from any of the characters. Unfortunately it felt like Tesh was unwilling to commit to either story. 
Just as I was beginning to feel emotionally tied to the blossoming love story it is cut off. The whole novel ends with the love story resolution but then feels like there is no logical reasoning to how we got there. 
I enjoyed this book but doubt I will be rereading it or really recommending it to anyone else. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, Death, Grief, and Emotional abuse

pastelkerstin's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Violence

rossandhissandwich's review

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping

ehmannky's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

Beautiful, heartbreaking, lovely. The romance and characters are wonderful, but also just the way the world of the forest is described just had me aching to go and find an old tree. It's just a lovely read full of ghosts and pagan horrors and coming to terms with your past. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, and Kidnapping

maeverose's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

Pretty, atmospheric writing. Cute romance. I liked the characters. Overall I liked it but didn’t love it.

Tropes/Themes:
-mm romance
-forest setting
-historical
-folklore/fairtale elements
-dryads
-dark academia (a little bit)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood, Death, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Domestic abuse, and Gun violence

Eye trauma (but very mild bc it happens to a spirit of sorts, though I think there is still blood) Description of a very old corpse. Loss of a romantic partner (kind of)

lady_moon's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Blood

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence and Grief