Reviews tagging 'Violence'

El relicario by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

3 reviews

andmingmingtoo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.25

I felt like this book was a worthy sequel to Relic! It may have been a little harder to suspend disbelief in this one, but the aesthetics were tense in a good way. I do think that the concept of a vast underground tunnel network with its own communities is interesting, as well as gilded age-opulence falling into disrepair (and you can tell the authors had respect for the subjects they were inspired by). I also give kudos to the authors for

turning something that seemed like a plot hole in the first book into a clue/reveal

and for

creating a evolutionary biologist/anthropologist mad scientist

. This series is holding up as a good re-entry into reading for me, and I look forward to reading the next installment!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Excrement, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Classism, and Deportation

Minor: Genocide, Mental illness, and Misogyny

This book has a lot of murder and violence! It is a murder mystery, so people do die, but the deaths are often described in a visceral way that could be unsettling. I'm pretty squeamish, and it only bothered me a little bit though! Just be careful and safe :) Additionally, there's a big scene towards the end of a large riot, where there's a lot of fighting, insults toward homeless people, and general violence, as well as some things that could be triggering in a police brutality way like the use of tear gas.

sarah_ann_roth's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cursing, Gun violence, Mental illness, Excrement, and Cannibalism

Minor: Alcoholism, Misogyny, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

kalmed22's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

2nd book in this series.  Not as strong of a story as the first book, however, familiar characters are back and the underground homeless was an interesting premise for me.  Will see where Pendergast ends up next.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Murder