Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Kings Rising by C.S. Pacat

19 reviews

littlecosmos's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

King's Gambit explores the growth of both characters and the relationship between them, highlighting moments of tense dislike and budding, tender romance. This book has several memorable scenes, making it an impactful ending to a three-part series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, and War

Minor: Slavery and Injury/Injury detail

frantic_vampire's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

Why did I wait so long to read this series?? It’s so fucking good!! This last book has been an absolutely amazing reading experience. All the puzzle pieces are finally falling into place, everything is on fire and Damen and Laurent are the ones who’re burning it all down. I love that everyone in the book is absolutely gobsmacked at how quickly things are turned on their heads. It had me giggling, because everyone completely underestimates Laurent in every possible way. And I loved that Damen was down for all of it. Kings Rising was such a fantastic read and it’s getting a solid five stars!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief, Gaslighting, and War

Minor: Pedophilia and Rape

divine529's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

This is the third and final book in the Captive Prince trilogy and once again it picked up right where the previous one left off with Damen's reveal to the people around him and war brewing. 

This was the best of the three by a lot. I still consider it all to be "book candy" and like with the previous books, so much telling, not a ton of showing, but it was a stronger book than the previous two by a lot. The reveal of Damen to everyone really helped a lot of things, and getting to unpack all the trauma both he and Laurent went through was good. It definitely needed to be unpacked further, but I'm glad we got what we did. Some of the side characters ended up being a good voice of reason and conscience for all of that (Nikandros is the best). There were some absolutely fantastic scenes - sparring scene and whatever they hell they were doing with the disguises was hysterical to read. It was great getting to see everything come together and wind up, but I didn't love how rushed and abrupt the ending was. 

All in all, this was my favorite of the three. I still had problems with the book and series as a whole, but it was entertaining overall. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Alcohol

Minor: Biphobia, Incest, Rape, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Pregnancy

lauwbinx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Slavery, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Rape, Torture, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

nuala8's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

green_amaryllis's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Slavery, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

rhi_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Incest, Rape, Suicide, and Pregnancy

paholizz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Incest

anoelle896's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Grief, and Gaslighting

jjnich's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Incest, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism