Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Queen of Nothing, by Holly Black

69 reviews

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/injury detail, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Kidnapping, War, Sexual content, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Death, Physical abuse, Bullying, Child abuse, Murder, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Cannibalism, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Slavery, and Torture

claire_fitzgibbon13's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved it so much. Cardan and Jude are so perfect for each other. His character development is so good and she is so badass. They are such the power couple. Fuck Madoc though. I’m glad Locke is dead. The Bomb and the Roach are so cute together, I’m glad he’s okay, and I hope in the future Taran and The  Ghost end up together. Really good action and twists. And i love that in the end everything made sense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/injury detail, Blood, War, Violence, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content and Slavery

Minor: Death of parent

kynthebookworm's review

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.5

 don’t know if I’m in the minority here or not or if it’s because I’m sleep deprived but I am absolutely IN LOVE with this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Injury/injury detail, Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Child abuse

Minor: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, War, and Vomit

m4rtt4's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.25

What an ending! Trilogies don't often get better by the end, but this series just had development after development and I loved it. One of my main enjoyments was surprisigly THE ROMANCE, the enemies to lovers trope was done right for once (with enough hatred, plotting and general enemy-ness overall during the series). I don't really have any complaints apart from CARDAN'S TAIL,,,, why. Just why???

Spoiler

The tail ruined all the sexy scenes for me but after Cardan turned into the serpent I would have done anything to revert him back to original :'')

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, Injury/injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: War, Sexual content, and Deportation

Minor: Cannibalism and Pregnancy

cryosphinx's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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? No

4.0

Mostly anticlimactic ending to a trilogy but I bumped the score up because I love Jude so much. The first 75% I burned through and it was wild and fun but the last 25% was meh. I'm glad there was a wrapped up happy ending and that the epilogue really closed it out but overall, it just ended up being like "...and that's it." I'm hoping for more in this series because I love the world so much.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and War

m_a_r_i_a_m's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Murder, and Sexual content

maello's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

A good book, better than the first but not as good as a second. This book is certainly the 'ending' and it does a good job at tying together the loose ends, and to begin a healing process for many. There wasn't as much of trickery and such, but there was still a lot of good. Unlike the 2nd book where it felt like we were constantly trying to stay one step ahead, this one feels a lot simpler. In some ways I can see why some say it is a disappointment, but for me it comes welcomely. It is a good ending, and I enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content, War, and Murder

Minor: Cannibalism and Pregnancy

raypaws's review

adventurous mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death, Murder, and Injury/injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Sexual content, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Abortion, Cannibalism, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Child abuse

breedawnwriter's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

A very good ending to a very good trilogy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, War, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Cannibalism, and Injury/injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy

itsmemiana's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

I'm not okay.

I will never be the same after this series.

this book was so good. This entire series was so good.

when I bought the entire trilogy at once, I was a little scared because, what if I didn't like it. but OMG I'm so glad I bought it all at once. I'm completely in love with it.

I now have a bunch of books by Holly Black on my tbr because I just loved her writing style and this trilogy was my first time reading her books.

I'm completely obsessed with Jude and Cardan's relationship, I NEED TO READ MORE OF THEM. alsooo, I need those letters. I know the Barnes and Noble edition has them, but I'm from Europe so I have no idea how I'm gonna get those editions, but I will somehow. in the meantime I subscribed to something on Holly Black's website and those letters will be on my email BUT I NEED PHYSICAL ONES.

anyways, I digress. I just loved all the books and I think this one might be my favourite out of the trilogy, it was such a good ending. all I wish for now is to read more on Cardan and Jude because I wish we had more scenes with them at the end.

I can't wait to read more from Holly Black.

also, Cardan >>>>>>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder