Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Powerful by Lauren Roberts

6 reviews

cielosiluminado's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

LAUREN, HOW DARE YOU. I’M SENDING YOU MY THERAPY BILL.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Torture

emilywemily6's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

4.0

I genuinely liked reading this novella,  but not as much as Powerless. I didn’t connect with the characters as well, and it took a bit longer than I expected to get behind their relationship; opposites attract is kind of hard to write well in such a short story in my opinion. But I was thoroughly invested and devastated by the ending. The author has some beautiful writing that is still easy to understand and feel. I wish there was less focus on the romance and more plot though- I would have loved to see the interaction between Adena and the king, or to hear more about the common people and their opinion of the Trials. If Mak isn’t reintroduced later in the series I’ll riot. This was his rebel origin story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Torture, Violence, and Police brutality

Minor: Ableism

ammah's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gore

literary_laur's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Murder

readwithsophsx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

frantically's review

emotional lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

2.5

Debbie Downer here 🙋🏻‍♀ 

I can't stand Adena. She's so naive, so gullible, it was painful to read about.

Mac was just...boring. The relationship wasn't develop any further other than "grumpy x sunshine" and you can tell.

While we knew Adena, I feel that we had too little time to get to know Mac and that made it hard for me to really care about him in the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child abuse, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism