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scripturient's Reviews (190)
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Wynonna Earp: Strange Inheritance
Lora Innes, Joyce Chin, Pat Lee, Luis Díaz, Carlos Ferreira, Beau Smith, Manual Vidal, Enrique Villagrán
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Those 90s comics just age like milk, I never learn ... At least in the last few stories Wynonna doesn't look like a pin-up model anymore?
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
What a start! This was a lot darker than I expected with a lot of violence but I enjoyed the eerie horror of the story and I really like the characters so far. Will definitely be picking up the rest of the series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Vomit, Alcohol
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
It was a solid ending to the series but I didn't enjoy it as much as the other two. Leaving the microcosm of the school and being thrown out into the whole wizard world was a bit much for one book to handle and it felt like everything wrapped up a little too neatly at the end. It was all in all still a really cool story though and I enjoyed myself! It just felt like there was a little too much crammed into this final book especially with the amount of exposition this series is throwing at the reader in general.
adventurous
dark
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
It started a bit slow and I was just starting to get a little annoyed with the overly descriptive writing that seemed to explain things we already knew in way too much detail, when the story really started to pick up. I quite enjoyed El's development in this book, even though I don't care all that much about the romance (yet?). I wish the magic system was a bit clearer to follow, even with all the over-explaining in the first book, I still feel it's a bit hard to grasp why certain things work a certain way. But I thoroughly enjoyed myself with this one and can't wait to find out what happens next!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual content
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-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:
No
This was kind of a slow and atmospheric read that escalated more and more, but I felt like the ending fell really flat. There was just something missing to properly conclude the story even if the author wanted to leave it relatively open.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicide, Torture
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I felt like there was too much exposition in this book, too much paragraph-long explaining of the school and backgrounds of characters - but it wasn't at all boring. My biggest issue was that it felt a little unbelievable that the school was safer for enclave kids that the outside world would be. For the other kids sure, but you can't really make me believe that hundreds of adult wizards couldn't keep their kids any safer than they were at a school that was actively trying to kill them at every turn. That set aside, the story was very interesting and I had a lot of fun exploring all the intricacies of the school and the magic system. Galadriel was a well-rounded main character although it felt a lot like she was her own worst enemy for 75% of the book, we can see her coming around a bit towards the end and I am looking forward to seeing where this is going in the next book!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Pregnancy
dark
informative
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I think this book suffers from its own synopsis which makes it sound very scifi-mystery. It is weak on the science fiction of it all, no explanation for the time travel or even how it came to be, no proper explanation on the "project", but it is strong on the history, which I enjoyed. The main character stayed a bit too far out of reach for my liking, unnamed, undefined, but the expats were engaging and interesting and I wasn't bored for a second. The ending felt a bit rushed after the big finale, but I was glad to at least get a glimpse of a resolved-ish ending, I would have not enjoyed being left hanging in the aftermath of whatever happened with the Ministry. It did somewhat take away from the social/post-colonial commentary a little however, that ultimately, the focus was shifted so much to the romance rather than what was going on in the world at a larger scale.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Gun violence
Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism
Minor: Slavery, Cannibalism
dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
That was one hell of a ride. It is unapologetic female rage, which I really enjoyed, it is inspired by Imperial China's only female Emperor, which is also super cool, and it has a love triangle that resolves into a throuple which was AWESOME . I don't ever want to read that in any other way.
I felt the ending was a bit rushed, almost as if there was no real resolution at hand, so we had to go for more broad angry violence, which felt a bit empty. But overall a great read!
I felt the ending was a bit rushed, almost as if there was no real resolution at hand, so we had to go for more broad angry violence, which felt a bit empty. But overall a great read!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence