Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen

36 reviews

shadereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Animal cruelty

natashaleighton_'s review

The pace was just really slow and made connecting with the characters too difficult, which was a shame as I read another series by this author and absolutely loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Xenophobia, and Death of parent

callistag1's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense slow-paced

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

2.25

 The worst crime of this book is that Jasimir went through this whole book being a whiny ass and didn't get punched in the face by Fie even once. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child abuse, Genocide, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, and War

sinoclock's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

I really liked the magic system and the way the relationships developed in this book. I'm not totally sure I want to read the next one, though. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape

yourdelulureader's review

adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

ladypalutena's review against another edition

I don't know if it's the narrator or if this needs to be read and not listened to, but I listened to four chapters and just could not wrap my head around what was happening. I feel bad, but nothing was making sense. Maybe I'll try reading the ebook at some point, but for now, I'll take a pass. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

4.0

I thoroughly enjoyed this and will be reading the sequel right after. I thought the characters were interesting, the magic is interesting, and the love storyline wasn't terrible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sleeping_roses's review

adventurous dark emotional funny 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 perfect combination of plot- and charachter-driven development! I love this the way I love Six of Crows.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Torture

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

monster_tabs's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Classism

tangleroot_eli's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

LOVE. THIS. BOOK. Owen's worldbuilding is incredible, the characters are well-developed, and the social issues are deftly handled. I do have one major question left niggling at the back of my mind, but I'll wait until I read The Faithless Hawk (which I hope will happen soon) before voicing it, in the hopes that Owen addresses it there and I can stop worrying about it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Terminal illness, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

euthanasia; betrayal