Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Le trône de jade by Naomi Novik

5 reviews

rangoondragon's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

Took me a great deal longer to finish this installment but worth it in the end. I do wish some parts near the end were more fleshed out while other parts, in the beginning, were described in great detail. Temeraire is as always charming and well earned his rank of my favorite character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gun violence

Moderate: Xenophobia, Murder, and War

Minor: Animal death

o_romeo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, and War

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit and Alcohol

eicart_reads's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

5.0

Gah, I love Temeraire! Why did it take me so long to read book two?! 

This book is a combination of many things that I love: dragons, adventures on the sea, descriptions of sailing ship goings on, and two beings who are fiercely loyal to and protective of each other.

Temeraire is the best boy and should be protected at all costs. He is a huge dragon with amazing physical abilities to talk, fly, fight, and invoke the divine wind. And he's a big kid, learning his way in the world and questioning society's norms when they don't make sense to him. I just love him to bits! 

The relationship between Laurence and Temeraire is the best. They will do anything for each other. They hurt when the other is hurting. They place themselves in danger to help the other. And they have the best conversations, helping each other to grow and look at the world differently. I'm pretty sure that what they share would be considered a queerplatonic relationship, and honestly #relationshipgoals

(Btw, Temeraire is a dragon. Laurence is a human.)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, and War

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death and Gun violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Misogyny, and Slavery

veeronald's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative reflective relaxing slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Blood, and Trafficking