Reviews tagging 'Death'

Der Wächter von London: Roman by Benedict Jacka

6 reviews

svnsn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

delicious moral quandaries

this series keeps getting better with every book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cursing and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, and Kidnapping

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

In this volume of the series I think we finally get enough backstory filled in that the character of Alex Versus is now a tangible thing.  He is flawed, but above that, he is a survivor.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

lbelow's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Stalking

Minor: Rape

Rape not directly mentioned but alluded to in the past of a distant character. Also threatened to a side character as a part of a memory sequence.

ell10tt's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Rape, Slavery, and Torture

cathepsut's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

The 4th Alex Verus novel. I wasn‘t entirely sure if I still wanted to read this, but it was really good and I am glad I did. Although I only read #3 in May, I was struggling to remember who everybody was during the first few pages.

The tone of this novel is darker still than the previous ones. Alex has to finally deal with his past and the horrible things he was forced to do back then. He has to face someone wanting revenge for his past actions. The good times of the previous book are gone and he might even loose some of his friends, when they finally realize what he is willing to do to survive.

There is a big cliffhanger at the end, obviously. Let‘s see when I will get to the next book in the series…

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Rape

annawndr's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury