Reviews tagging 'Death'

The High King's Golden Tongue by Megan Derr

8 reviews

misszoe's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Blood

Moderate: Death, Grief, and War

Minor: Pregnancy

diana_raquel's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse and Racism

Minor: Bullying, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

lady_smith's review

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Physical abuse, and War

Characters drink wine and alcohol frequently but rarely to excess and is appropriate to the medieval-esque setting. Repeated references to main character’s childhood experience with

physical/emotional abuse and bullying by his brothers.

Multiple scenes with hand-to-hand combat where some people are killed. A couple of descriptive sex scenes. Kidnapping & torture:

two important characters are taken by enemy soldiers and tortured to the point of needing extensive medical attention.

gooseturnover's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.5

World-building could've been fleshed out more but the point of the book was the interpersonal relationships in the High King's social circle and not the wider world the story's set in so I get why. Still, it feels like everything was resolved a little too easily in ways that didn't necessarily feel deserved???

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Racism, Slavery, Medical content, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Pregnancy

diana_raquel's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.5

"Nobody who loved a hawk would be drawn to a songbird, especially not a damaged one."

I discover this book and the series in one list that listed fantasy books with LGBT+ characters. I confess, that I didn't know what to expect, but I was positively surprised. And although I could find the use of some tropes, I think that this book used these tropes in an imaginative way, and created a well-developed love story that contains action, humor, and romance in a balanced dosage.  The characters, as the worldbuilding, are well-developed and interesting. 

One of the things that I found interesting is the approach to gender and sex in this book. By letting people choose their identities and treating them accordingly, I think that this book created a truly equal society. That doesn't mean that society doesn't have its problems, but those problems aren't directly related to gender and sex. Isn't this interesting? 

Overall, I really liked this story and will read the other books in the series. So, if you are looking for a LGBT+ fantasy story I strongly recommend this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: War

Minor: Pregnancy

jessmahler's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.0

Really enjoyable read in a fun original world. Recommended for fans of queer romance and unconventional heroes.

Low burn. Note re: content warnings -- the torture happens off screen, but aftermath is shown in detail.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War

Minor: Death and Torture

lady_moon's review

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

5.0

 Rep: achillean MC, achillean MC with migraine, achillean side characters, sapphic side characters, polyamorios side character, nonbinary side character, ace (only mentioned) side character, BIPOC side characters, queer-normative world

I fucking devored this, omg 😩 I didn't go in the book looking for this but THE POLITICS!! I fucking loved it, it was magnificent - there isn't anything as satisfying as a political fantasy. Allen is a new favorite character, I do wish the whole series to have been about him and Sarrica

Also, the title 🥺🥺🥺 There is no one that deserves the title golden tongue more than Allen 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Torture, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent and Pregnancy

charlieleelee's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Torture

Moderate: Death