Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Twin Crowns by Katherine Webber, Catherine Doyle

27 reviews

soph22's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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: Complicated

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I loved this book last time and listening to it on the audiobook only made me appreciate it more. Having read the full series it was interesting to see the foreshadowing I hadn’t picked up on first time around. These books have my heart and I’m going to continue listening throughout the year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder

Moderate: Gore, Violence, Blood

Minor: Death of parent

megsiobhan's review against another edition

3.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

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Enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I’ll probably get around to reading the other books in the series, but am not in a rush to do so. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War

bookb_eszti's review

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Lost interest i guess

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping

Minor: War

caitlinjohnson's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional 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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By the end, I found myself liking both of the sisters but I definitely have more of a soft spot for Rose over Wren.

It didn't take me long to come around to Rose as a character. I found her a bit annoying in the beginning of the book, but as soon as she learned more about her history and the truth of the kingdom and Willem, she was fully onboard with making a fairier kingdom and I found myself loving her. I hope we get to see more of her relationship with Celeste in the next book because the way that

Celeste was the only person who truly knew Rose enough to know that it was Wren showed how strong of a friendship the two had.

I started to like Wren a bit more at 80% of the book. For the most part, her behaviour and her treatment of everyone except Tor was a bit tiring to read. For most of the book, she was so adamant that Rose couldn't be queen and it had to be her and yet her first response to any obstacle was to consider murder. Although, I did like what we get to see of her relationships with Banba and Shen.

I can't wait to see her being so determined to get Banba back in the next book.

Even though he didn't have much page time, Shen had me swooning. Tor, on the other hand, was so painfully dull that his scene at the end made me feel nothing, if anything it just made me love Elske even more.

#justiceforansel

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder

Moderate: Genocide, Gore, Grief, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death

abby_can_read's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny mysterious 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

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This was a cute read. I had a good time. I thought parts were funny. I liked the romance between Rose and Shen, and I thought the relationship between Wren and Tor. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Blood, War

Minor: Animal death, Death, Sexual content

runefiction's review

4.75

adventurous inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Blood, Gaslighting, War

Minor: Animal death, Death, Alcohol

oystersauce's review

3.75

adventurous emotional tense 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Blood, War

Minor: Animal death, Death

kassidyreads's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, War

maregred's review against another edition

3.0

hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Sexism, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder

takarakeireads's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous 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

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Princess and the Pauper retelling, kind of. A bit too long especially cause it's a duology. I felt like they could've cut at least 100 pages. Plotline was a bit predictable for regular ya fantasy readers. I likely won't continue with book two as I feel like I know what's gonna happen and I'm not moved to read another 500 pages.

2/5 🌶️ basically some hot and heavy kissing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Blood, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Sexual content