Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey

18 reviews

jodean's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

captivating read, well weaved. tore it up in a day.

I wish the ending had been tied up a bit more, tho.

I wanted one more conversation with Rahul.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Abortion, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Violence, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, Cancer, Blood, and Body horror

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

massivepizzacrust's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

This was a little disappointing because I was really looking forward to reading the book. The premise was so interesting and I'm always down for a magic school setting. I thought the idea of what real teenagers would do if they had access to magic was really cool, I really liked that they were still teenagers with teenage problems. I think the first two thirds of the book were in the 4-5 star range for me. But then the plot really lost me towards the end. I kind of hated everything about the reveal and the resolution, and I really expected there to be more  dealing with the main character's personal issues. Instead it just felt a bit unresolved. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Cancer, Abortion, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual content

that_one_mike_guy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Abortion

nicnevin's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book is a murder mystery in a high school that so happens to be filled with young mages. 

Ivy is a private detective given the case. Ivy has no magic but her twin Tabitha does. Ivy tries to navigate the world of magic and murder whilst remarking that how similar the high school environments are. 

Its a good book, even if the ending is abrupt and so many loose ends are left dangling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, and Violence

yavin_iv's review against another edition

emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Pregnancy, Abortion, Terminal illness, Murder, Cursing, Bullying, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Eating disorder

kalmed22's review against another edition

mysterious tense

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

1.0

This book was not for me.  The sloppy plot and pacing, the manipulative alcoholic investigating a school of magic when she is not magical...really?  Very disappointing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Alcoholism, Death, and Violence

claire_luna's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

So, this was not what I was expecting. I came across this book in some list and added it to my library audio holds and then went in pretty blind. For some reason I thought it was YA but it definitely isn't. Sure, it's set at a magic school and there's a prophecy about a Chosen One but that's where the typical YA fantasy genre tropes stop. It's a detective novel, tinged with magic and drama, full of queer characters (but coming out isn't a theme). There were continuous twists and it was a few chapters from the end before I was further ahead than our plucky, somewhat damaged detective. I was also thoroughly impressed with the narration, this was one of my longer audiobooks and I was so into it that at one point I just started into space sitting on my couch. There was so much packed into this book (do see the content warnings) and it delivered with a punch. What more can I say? I loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Death of parent, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

leemused's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical trauma, and Violence