Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen

6 reviews

erinreadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

4.25

An exciting quest-based story in a cool fantasy world. I liked how developed the world’s history felt in terms of the Crow and Phoenix castes, but I felt like the other castes weren’t mentioned much and when they were I was a bit confused—are we seeing all Peacocks as a monolith of “vain, false performers” for a reason? Maybe the others will get more developed in later books. I liked the progression of the relationships between Fie and the two “lordlings”; that was very satisfying. I am not a huge fan of the dialogue style—I found myself unable to hear in my head the way certain lines were being said, and sometimes I had a hard time following the conversations’ subtext although I was paying attention! It didn’t inhibit me from having a good time reading this, though. 

Read if you like fast-paced quest stories and stories of sheltered rich people seeing the “real world”.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Classism

Moderate: Mental illness, Terminal illness, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Vomit

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

charthinksalot's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Violence, and Classism

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual content

lanid's review

adventurous dark

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gore, Hate crime, Violence, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Murder

arcaadepunk's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Blood, and Death of parent

yvonne_cl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Murder