Reviews tagging 'Violence'

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

51 reviews

lportilla's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Torture, and Blood

Moderate: Miscarriage and Medical content

Minor: Alcohol

czoltak's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Panic attacks/disorders

amy_reading_23's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

This book is complicated. Not as in it hard to follow (although I had watched the TV show beforehand so that gave me an advantage) but that I'm not sure what to make of it. There were some bits I really enjoyed. And some bits that made me uncomfortable. I don't like how Matthew treats Diana, I think their relationship is pretty toxic tbh and a bit misogynistic in times. They also excuse too much of his behaviour as "ifs because he's a vampire". But the plot is interesting and I still want to read the next two sometime, I'm just not necessarily in a rush. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, and Medical content

Moderate: Misogyny, Gore, Domestic abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Kidnapping

Minor: Stalking and Suicidal thoughts

joey_paige's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Medical content, Death, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death and Death of parent

Minor: Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Stalking, Grief, and Misogyny

flyintothestorm's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Spoiler

Mira que soy fan de los finales abiertos, pero dejar una historia a la mitad y que quede bien es más difícil que pase y no es el caso para mí.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Gore, and Torture

Moderate: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Stalking

saroreen's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Moderate: Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Fire/Fire injury, and Racism

kat1105's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Gore, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: War and Sexual content

portraitofabibliophile's review against another edition

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Murder, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

sophieamreacher's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

This book took me a while to get through but I didn’t mind. I loved the first third and the last third but the middle was a bit lacking. Felt like an adult dark academia version of twilight which I loved.

Spoiler

I wished Diana had kept some independence though.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, Violence, and Blood

what_karla_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Torture

Minor: Sexual content