Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

11 reviews

beautifulminutiae's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Racism, Misogyny, and Slavery

luly_sc's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Racism, and Misogyny

Minor: Violence

jessthanthree's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Gore, Sexism, War, and Body horror

Moderate: Murder, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Death, Violence, Gun violence, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Transphobia, Slavery, and Death of parent

kanadrallegria's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

Was quite slow at the beginning, but did get going after a while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: War and Slavery

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Mental illness

pvbobrien's review against another edition

challenging mysterious slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Racism, and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Gun violence, Violence, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Animal death, Mental illness, and Kidnapping

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Sexism, and Slavery

jehansflowers's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

fuck i enjoyed this book. maybe its just bc i was listening to the audiobook at 1.9x speed, but i found it way more digestible than i was expecting. more than anything it was really just incredibly impressive. it was thoroughly well-researched, and melded that with the unique magic system and alternate history beautifully. honestly, very fun read.
my primary criticism is this: couldve been gayer

12/27/22 edit: didnt put a star rating on it before, but its getting 5 bc i still think about this book at least once a week

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Racism, War, and Misogyny

Moderate: Murder, Death, Colonisation, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

coolfijiwater's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious slow-paced

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

4.25

love how hateable a majority of these characters are :) there’s a few that i don’t hate but only a few

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Murder, and Death

Moderate: War, Violence, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexism

jfuel's review against another edition

challenging funny lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

Smart and witty writing with a compelling cast of characters. Coming in at just over 1,000 pages, this is not for the faint of heart but is worth the effort if you like the idea of an alternate 19th century England where magic is making a comeback.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Violence

paper_queen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

I honestly don't even know how to review this. It's just so quintessentially British and delightful and dark and mysterious and beautifully written all at the same time and I just love it. It's a monster to read, but the second half of the book especially will have you reeling, flipping pages as fast as you can to keep up and see what happens to all of the intricately-woven relationships and characters. (And BOY do things happen.)
I can't recommend this book enough. If you love period dramas, fantastical magic, compelling characters, gorgeous prose, and addictive plot, you'll heartily enjoy this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and War

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Cursing

featherbrain's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence

Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, Alcohol, Body horror, Misogyny, Murder, Slavery, Toxic friendship, and Violence