Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile, 57 B.C. by Kristiana Gregory

2 reviews

littleseal's review against another edition

2.0

Not my favorite of the Royal Diaries. I finished it, but was a bit of a tiresome read. This book actually made me less interested in Cleopatra despite her being talked about thousand of years later due to her rulings. Also I never knew she

died by suicide

because I am uncultured.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

sarah_speaks's review against another edition

informative fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Slavery, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Animal death and Death of parent