Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Half-Drowned King by Linnea Hartsuyker

5 reviews

elaby's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I’ve read a lot of medieval Icelandic sagas (and I listen to Saga Thing podcast, check it out if you like this setting) so I had a good base of information going in. I’m a reader who values character over complex plots, and I don’t feel like that’s what I got here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Adult/minor relationship, War, Pregnancy, Murder, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Ableism, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Child death, Confinement, Slavery, Abandonment, Grief, Kidnapping, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death and Cannibalism

rainbowbrarian's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Sexual assault, Sexism, Violence, Misogyny, Slavery, Sexual violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

abikatroe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I didn't have a bad time reading this, I love Norse stories, this just was more cut and dry than I was expecting I think. Definitely pure historical fiction, with dashes of mysticism appropriate for the time. 

I'm intrigued by the rest of the series but it may fall too political for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Violence, War, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Death, and Rape

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

 I liked the first and second books in this series, but together they don't weigh enough on the positive side to make me interested in finishing the last book. I wish these books were more subversive and surprising. They kind of plod along and besides the slight feminist twist, I'm not really enjoying them wholly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexism, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Trafficking, War, Violence, Ableism, Death, Sexual violence, and Blood

Moderate: Pregnancy, Animal death, Alcohol, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Infidelity

lauramcc7's review against another edition

adventurous informative tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Rape, Child death, Domestic abuse, Slavery, and Sexual content