Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J. Tuli

15 reviews

myahthebookfiend's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny inspiring 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? Yes

3.5

3.5 stars.

It was a fun book. pretty predictable (unfortunately), a fmc with a decent personality, and enough action to keep me entertained. it's not the pinnacle of perfection, but I enjoyed it well enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

boredreading's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Plot was okay, writing seemed poor. Alot of swearing 'cause I can' sort of thing and repeated description of characters and places nothing new. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing and Sexual assault

rachel_jones03's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

heartsandthrillers's review

adventurous dark funny 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

4.0

Excellent first book in a series and it gets better and better with each book. You won’t want to put this series down!

What to expect:
✅ Fae
✅ Fated mates
✅ Dual perspective
✅ 🌶️ (1.5)
✅ Hidden identity 
✅ Is it all that it seems?
✅ Incomplete series (Book 4 releases 11/26/24)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Death of parent, and Murder

Series gets spicer with each book

thebookwhale's review against another edition

3.0

So this was okay. 
Not horrible, but not excellent either. 

The storyline and plot is interesting, but the writing... 

Lor, the FMC, lacks A LOT. I can't really described what exactly it is, but something was amiss. Her character didn't feel complete. 

Also, the world building was really shallow. Who or what is Zerra? Presumably a god or something, but I would need an explanation of that. In general, the world was missing a lot of details, and that made it hard for me to truly enjoy the book, since it left me with a lot of questions. 

The spicy scenes felt out of place and random, and the affection of the Sun King from the very beginning as well.

I will read the second book though, as I still want to know how everything works out in the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Alcohol

kemikemi'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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Rape, and Alcohol

goldenleafbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This is the first book I've read by Nisha J Tuli, and I'm absolutely delighted to have found this author. Her characters are very well done, and I especially enjoy the way that she mixes in lore and history of the world throughout the novel. I never felt like they're was an exposition dump. 

The book is part of an unfinished series, scheduled to be completed this year. HEA is not at the end of the books, it seems like it will be the end of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Kidnapping and Death of parent

Nothing in this book is gratuitous. All content warnings involve things that are genuinely necessary to the plot of the story.

deniseneutel's review against another edition

The pitting of grown women against each other over some man. The two main characters haven't even interacted. 

Oh and I'm pretty sure Lor is the lost queen of hearts or some shit. I mean she has the red stone right.

The writing is terrible. And it's as anti feminist as it gets. 

I mean: "He's just a male and can't be held responsible for his actions"

Uh victim blaming, rape culture. Just a big fat nope on this one. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, and Misogyny

karapillar's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Misogyny and Vomit

marisabenn's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This was good! But it was missing... something. I'm not sure what.

Did Lor know she was lost royalty or not? Did she truly like Atlas or was she only using him? Do the failed Tributes get killed or nah? 

There were a lot of unclear parts, and I got kinda bored in the middle, but I still enjoyed this. I'm excited for the others now that (hopefully) most of the world building is done!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape