Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Shades of Magic Vol. 2: The Night of Knives by V.E. Schwab

6 reviews

bootrat's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

1.0

I read this despite not liking Vol. 1 of the comics, and I regret it. The story was extremely rushed and poorly thought out, the original villain had no reason or purpose, the night games were extremely rushed and the challenges were simple and seemingly very easily completed, and the characters all remained 2D as in the first comic. 
I really wanted to like these, as I really enjoyed the Shades of Magic series and was excited to see the world and the magic in visual format, but the comics are just so bad - especially when compared with the books. Vol. 3 isn't available as an ebook at my library, and unfortunately I won't be making an effort to seek it out elsewhere and complete this series. Also I continue to dislike the art style, it hasn't grown on me at all from the first volume.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Minor: Self harm

directorpurry's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Violence

shadowspinner's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Death

laurynreadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Violence, and Blood

rhhapsodos's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

howlinglibraries's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

 Oh, this was absolutely delightful — even better than the first volume! If you know me, you probably know already that I'm a massive sucker for tournaments, trials, etc., and learning that the infamous Night of Knives is a set of trials custom-built for that contestant? Sign me the hell up. (Sign me up for reading about it, not, y'know, participating. Just to be clear.)

I'm so thoroughly enjoying this time of getting to know Maxim better and learning how he was shaped into the proud and powerful King we know from the Shades novels, and now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go devour the final volume in this trilogy.

✨ Representation: the members of the Maresh family are Black; multiple BIPOC side characters; one on-page sapphic side character 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Death

Minor: Self harm