Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Brilliant Death by A.R. Capetta

7 reviews

marleywrites's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Infidelity

booksthatburn's review against another edition

Didn’t like it, not totally sure why.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity and Torture

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

A fun fantasy read. I don't love political intrigue, it's one of my least favorite features of fantasy books, but this book was still fun even witu the heavy focus on the ruling families drama. Loved having a gender fluid witch protagonist and a protagonist exploring her identity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Dysphoria, and Classism

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: War

Poisoning, death of sibling

cams_all_booked's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Transphobia, Grief, and Pregnancy

olivialandryxo's review against another edition

I’m honestly really bummed, because I’ve read so few fantasies with non-cis protagonists and I was so excited for this. There’s nothing actually wrong with this book, other than its extremely slow pacing. Although I liked the characters, I just got bored, and I feared I’d push myself into a reading slump if I tried to push through to the end. Whenever I think of reading a book and realize I don’t really want to, it’s time for me to be done with that book.

I’ll definitely be reading more from Capetta in the future, because some of their books sound incredible. I’m hoping this was just a weird one-off situation, and that I like their other work more.

Representation

• genderfluid protagonist and love interest

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Gore, Torture, and Blood

Torture - brief scene where the protagonist witnesses someone flaying the skin off someone else’s hands before she puts a stop to it. Child abuse - brief references to experiences she and her brother had with an older sibling prior to the story.

alyssa_s10's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Genocide, Homophobia, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

malloryfitz's review

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Pregnancy and Lesbophobia