Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Abhorsen by Garth Nix

14 reviews

bearystarry's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

The best in the series so far, imo. Even though it feels like the second half of Lirael. Loved it, cried a lot at the end. 💚

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Trafficking, Grief, and Death of parent

britreadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Violence

wharj's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.0

This was a pretty good conclusion to the trilogy, but I wish the trilogy overall felt more cohesive (instead of a standalone book and then a separate story split into two books).
But if nothing else, getting more worldbuilding with the Precincts made this worth it!
"Sabriel" is still the best of these so far, in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Body horror and Violence

Minor: Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

friendly_neighborhood_grandma's review against another edition

3.0

I liked it less than the former ones, but Tim curry has outdone himself here. Amazing voice changes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Emotional abuse, Blood, Alcohol, and Colonisation

chris_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Genocide and Gore

Minor: Blood, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

allisonstockslager's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Xenophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

samanthalh's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Slavery

naomi_k's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Slavery, and Xenophobia

Minor: Mental illness, Medical trauma, and War

rriverr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.5

i ADORED this book so much that i rated a book for the first time on this app 😭 however the cast is. not diverse. and i’m questioning the description of the clayr as dark-skinned and blond….seems strange to me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

limiwh'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent