Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon

46 reviews

carolined314's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

3.0

Glad to have a transman star who was not at all interchangeable for a cis one, in a detailed fantasy setting. A bit challenging by how much trauma was worked in, in what seemed like a romance-type book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Police brutality, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Transphobia, Classism, and Deportation

orion's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing and Drug use

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Physical abuse, and War

theblerdnewsletter's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.0

This book is terrible. Reading AAVE by a non-Black author in 2022 is completely ridiculous. Are you serious? Ugh. Wyatt’s internal voice is annoying and repetitive. There’s not any significant character development (or real plot development, just lots of teenage angst) and it’s creepy reading about

literal teenagers having sex

. I just skipped that part. I think the

Fae being from another planet is a really cool idea but the execution was abysmal

. Also we’re not going to address Briar & Wyatt’s super toxic relationship? Or the fact that Wyatt needs a lot of therapy. I am sad

Wyatt and Emyr kind of don’t end up together

but also it’s probably a good idea because their relationship is also super toxic. Y’all love each other. Come on. 10/10 wouldn’t recommend. I want my 12 hours back.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

urlocalhethey's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail

pagesofnay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Deadnaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Infertility, and Miscarriage

eeriekeri's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Hate crime, Sexual content, Police brutality, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Deadnaming, Genocide, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

thewildmageslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny

5.0

This was such a fun book. Wyatt is so dramatic and probably needs a life coach to help with decision making, but I love him. Emyr was a great surprise and idk, he can be my king any day. I love how supportive the main group in this is. Also, the ending - RUDE. Off to buy the sequel. XD

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Transphobia, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Dysphoria

Minor: Drug use, Infertility, and Sexual content

freckled_frog_boi's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

I loved the book. I loved the vast amount of representation we see, the way fantasy tropes are exposed for it's colonialist background, the anti-establishment evident in many characters. The childhood friends-to-enemies-to-lovers was a slow burn I loved. All very good stuff!

Wyatt is an angry mc (for good reason) but doesn't process that anger in productive ways, so I could get frustrated with him at times. I also recognize he grew up in a very restricted environment and has only a few years in the human world to deconstruct - so wyatt overlooks his white privilege in some of his monologues. He also 

has to be warmed up to the revolutionary ideas of his friends, and i almost come to count on his friends more than him - i guess that’s why the plot twists work so well 

But overall I loved reading it and I think you will too! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

loverrbboy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

i’d recommend this just based on the dragons and the giant wolf puppy … a trans protagonist with some great gender prose and a lot of anger. all the queer characters are so lovingly written. a lot of fictional politics in here that were hard to follow at the end but these kids are Good. magic is cool

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Blood, and War

rustylasagna's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Deadnaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, Death of parent, and Murder