Reviews tagging 'Death'

Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles

21 reviews

callidoralblack's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, Police brutality, and Kidnapping

Minor: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Torture, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

jess_always_reading's review

adventurous mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This type of story (mystery/thriller) isn't usually what I go for but someone recommended it and I'm so glad they did! Noir-esque with interesting characters and featuring a developing and wonderfully twisty relationship, it's worth a read! 

9/10 would recommend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Violence, and War

elliott_the_clementine's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

booksthatburn's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

SLIPPERY CREATURES is a dynamic story with vivid characters and intimate stakes for a former soldier come bookshop owner who keeps having his calm interrupted.

Normally I cannot stand books where one of the main characters is lying to the other, especially in the context of a relationship. I think what makes the difference is that Will figures out quickly that Kim is lying to him about some pretty important things, even if he doesn't know the precise shape of it for a while. Kim is fascinating as a character, but I would not want to hang around him in person. Will and Kim have a very nice time at their first meeting, but Kim keeps lying to him because he has priorities other than Will and it takes most of the book book to get to a point where Will might be more important to him than his prior commitments. Will for his part wants to know where he stands and wants everyone to stop messing up his life for the sake of something he originally didn’t know it was in his possession and has no desire to hold. 

I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this, I will keep reading the series because I want to know what happens next. Future books seem likely to deal more with Zodiac and the relationship between Kim and Will.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Excrement, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

kal517's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense 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: Sexual content, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Homophobia and Torture

Minor: Death, Blood, and War

corruptednatz's review

funny lighthearted 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

4.75

Good book. Kim is a difficult character to read and is unsure of what he should and shouldn’t do. But man did he drag Will through it all. 😂

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Violence

Minor: Death, Physical abuse, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

so_many_books's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, and Kidnapping

Minor: War

pvbobrien's review

adventurous mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Kidnapping

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Homophobia, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Death, Infidelity, Suicide, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

12dejamoo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

So intensely readable ahh. I am shelving it as a romance but it is more like a mystery with a bit of kissing sometimes. It was really so excellent I didn't want to put it down at any point and I have full intention of reading the next book. It reminds me of the tone of something like Grantchester and that can only be a good thing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and War

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Sexual content, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Gun violence, Racism, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, and Outing

mold_munchr's review

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Kidnapping

Moderate: Torture and War

Minor: Cursing, Death, and Alcohol