Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

This Savage Song by V.E. Schwab

16 reviews

takarakei's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

My second time reading this, but I never read the sequel so I had to reread to remember anything.

Really interesting and unique concept for a YA fantasy (set in a future altered US) in the territory of Verity monsters are controlled by two sides of a divided V-City. We follow two povs one on each side - Kate Harker the daughter to one of the men in power, and August Flynn who is one of the rarest kinds of monsters (his found family are on the other side of power). Monsters form from various kinds of violent /bad things that happen (ex: murder at various levels) and there are three different types. Kate and Flynn meet at a private school in the best part of the city, and are then thrust together when murders happen for which someone tries to frame Flynn for.

This book is asking the question "what really makes a monster?" -  is August really a monster just because everyone says he is? Both August and Kate are complex characters whom you can't help but root for. If you're looking for a dark/gritty book with questions about good vs evil - AND it reads fast! This is it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Gore, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Car accident

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, and Bullying

jackeline_cruz_'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Blood, Cannibalism, Car accident, Murder, War, and Violence

littletiramisu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: War

Minor: Mass/school shootings

ctara2123's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Gun violence, and Torture

Moderate: Death of parent and Car accident

Minor: Mass/school shootings

marine2907's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Car accident, Death, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Cursing, Hate crime, Murder, Violence, and Gun violence

onf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Car accident, Blood, Violence, Death, and Torture

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, War, Body horror, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mass/school shootings

ten_telegrams's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Blood, Gore, Violence, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Toxic relationship, and Mass/school shootings

ttumbletree's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Violence

bookcaptivated'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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gun violence, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Blood, Violence, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Slavery, Vomit, War, and Stalking

booksanna's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Mesmerizing books with intriguing setting and unique characters. This book has a very well-written world with such beautiful characters. I mean even the philosophical meaning of this book shows so much depth and detail that you become emerged in this world. The question who really is a monster(and what it means to be good) is well-incorporated in the plot. Also the use of figurative language to portray meaning and significance in the story is so captivating. There’s so many quotes that I liked in this book(half the books is literally highlighted lol). The characters are so unique and well-written with flaws, interests, and personality. The reason I liked this books so much were how detailed and human(sometimes in-human) the characters were.

August’s desire/denial to be human, Kate’s desire to be her father’s daughter, but also be somewhere else and someone else, Flynn struggle with protecting his family, Ilsa being cracked but so human and yet monster, Leo’s control and coldness even towards his family, so many little details, Harker not being afraid to die to his daughter, his soul becoming a monster

. All of those conflicts, characteristic, relationships, details, interests, and morals were just so real and deep. The ending was so good too. It was just the perfect kind of ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Medical content, Abandonment, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

Minor: Car accident, Blood, Body horror, and Bullying