Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Emily Wildes Enzyklopädie der Feen by Heather Fawcett

69 reviews

jiao_li's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence and Murder

lizy's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious relaxing 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Torture, and Murder

emfass's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious 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

4.5

Just so freaking charming and delightful. Nerdy fairy academic, and a grumpy female lead? Who then inadvertently learns the power of community and helping others and then letting them help you?! SO DELIGHTFUL!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, and Murder

crystalisreading's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

olma's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

Absolutely loved this story. I appreciated the main character having mixed motivations and a different mindset than the traditional main character in a fantasy novel. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

dreadspawn's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death

kayanoelle's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

This was such a good book! Very entertaining, I loved the characters so much! The world was very interesting, loved the academic-rivals-but-also-colleagues-and-besties-and-lovers(?)-trope.
Emily as a main character was SO relatable, she’s exactly like me, I fear:)

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

anenome's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative fast-paced

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

3.75

I loved and hated this book. 

The amazing parts were about the faeries and their realms. Inventive transporting stories that gripped me. 
I adore the pet-like Poe and would devour a whole series told from his point of view.
The enveloping wintery atmosphere was beautiful.

The parts I hated concerned the humans -like some male authors can't write women, I think Heather Fawcett can't write humans, the people in this tale were drawn so broadly.

One event in this book confused me-

when Emily tortured a child faerie (who was abandoned by their parents in a strange world) for giving people bad visions. She STABBED him and then writes in her journal about how much he's screaming in pain like it's great? Portrayed as deserved, but it really wasn't, it was a horrible scene. Emily is an evil character now but we're supposed to root for her? follow her romance?😮‍💨 From here I was reading on hoping a faerie ate Emily's head

I do not understand at all how this book is considered 'cosy'; it's full of violent acts, vitriolic hatred, beheadings 🤔 -that's fine but it's not cosy🤷🏻‍♀️

I wish this book had been just an actual encyclopedia, it would have been pure magic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

crocs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

spice : 1/5
humor : 3/5
emotional : 3/5
characters : 4/5
universe : 3/5
setting : 1.75/5
story : 4/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Infidelity, Slavery, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing and Hate crime

boop_2's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Blood, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death