Reviews tagging 'Murder'

La guardia del rey by Nora Sakavic

165 reviews

mint_frog's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Inarguably the best part of the trilogy. Andrew and Neil's relationship, which has been slowly but steadily evolving over the course of the first two books, at last reaches its final form. It is one the most important fictional relationships to me - the respect of boundaries, focus on consent, and on top of that Neil's undeniable demisexuality (even if it's not named in text) all make it very dear to my heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Homophobia, Self harm, and Outing

joseph_al's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, and Sexual assault

witheringcarnelians's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

I spent this book between crying and enjoying gay panic Neal this is great 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

jennybugg's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse

m4ximus_pr1m3's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

gabriellesimpson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Violence

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Mental illness, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, and Alcohol

violetlunablossom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

4.25

A great end to a great series. I loved every moment of this book and the build-up to the finale was extremely fulfilling. The slow burn of Neil and Andrew's relationship finally came to a climax here and I couldn't be more happy with how Sakavic wrote them once they became a little more than established. The darker aspects of The King's Men are pretty much on par with The Raven King but it was balanced out by many sweet and triumphant moments too. Would I recommend this series to my friends? Probably not. But I'm ok with not sharing my traumatized little group of lacrosse gays. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Body horror and Sexual content

sleepybythelake's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Child abuse

restlessparadise's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Rape, and Violence

Minor: Ableism, Drug use, Homophobia, and Sexual content

nikoops's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

The conclusion to the All for the Game series, ties up the whole story and characters with a nice bow. Neil gets his well-deserved freedom (of sorts), as happy an ending as any Fox could ask for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

The conclusion to the All for the Game series sees Neil and Andrew taking their relationship to a physical level. The truth about Neil’s background comes out—as the son of the “Butcher of Baltimore” along with his connections to the Moriyamas. Neil is kidnapped by his father, and is tortured/heavily injured—he is rescued, however, and his father is killed. This allows for Ichirou (of the head Moriyama branch) to take over Neil’s contract and give him a shot at freedom.