Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

37 reviews

yilliun's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Silas🥹

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

hotwaterbottle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

A solid entry into the magical library canon! Leans a bit YA with thinly written secondary characters, but outlines an original take on living magical books and the world that created them. 

Scratches the itch left by early exposure to Garth Nix's Lirael. Includes light reflection on the morality of societal structure, primarily

the treatment of demons/grimoires and the assumption that demons are inherently evil,

but not to the extent of the Scholomance trilogy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Death of parent

Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Murder

jzupp's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death

elskede's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

fayesavanne's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? No

5.0

Love how books were such a big part, reminds me of howl's moving castle and loved the romance 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

margaret_k30's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Body shaming, Gore, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, and Classism

kshertz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? No

4.0

What a cute book. It’s a YA coming of age but with an orphan hero. There are demons and sorcery. It was interesting that this hero saves the whole world with the help of her love interest. It’s mostly a hero’s journey. Not much romance. But still interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

nat_kiverse's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ankiaisreading's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

arshiya_amreen90786's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment