Reviews tagging 'Gore'

L'aigle impitoyable by Margaret Owen

6 reviews

bamfling's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

eviethebookworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

cattails's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Gore, Hate crime, and Death of parent

egurgens's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

I believe I have found a new favorite author. Owen’s writing style is amazing, her word choice is fantastic, and her characters are diverse. 

In this sequel to The Merciful Crow, we again follow Fie as tensions between the crows and the other castes continue to mount. When Fie’s band of crows comes across a whole town affected by plague, she bands up with two other chiefs to deal mercy. The queen has falsely blamed the kings death on the crows / Fie, so Tavin has to find her before the queen does. Once reunited, the band, along with our favorite lordlings, have to find a way to keep the queen from claiming the throne for herself. 

Features betrayal, romance, spying, political plots, hidden identities, a wonderful world of magic,  and so much more. 

I absolutely adored this duo loft and I look forward to reading more work from Margaret Owen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and War

yvonne_cl's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

marit_1305's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Racism, Terminal illness, Blood, and Murder