Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Powerless by Lauren Roberts

192 reviews

jehansen127's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

poetsofsweetpea's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Genuinely enjoyed this YA(maybe, fairly violent) romantsy novel. It was an enemies to lovers, slow burn, potential for love triangle, and a competition story. 

I was fairly engaged, and the pacing was excellent until towards the end when I spent way too much time in the characters' heads thinking about how amazing the other characters were..

I liked the characters. They were complex and actually a little villainous, so if morally gray is not your color, this might not be the book for you.

The magic system was fascinating, and the way it was interwoven into the plot was genius.

I'll probably check out the sequel and novella

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

christygsp's review against another edition

DNF just after halfway 

So, banter was amazing, characters were interesting, similarities between red queen and hunger games were there but it was still distinct to its own story. 
There was a large focus on torture and it was quite dark overall (almost expected when you consider the hunger games aspect). That was a large reason why I stopped reading. It wasn’t too bad, but there was something a little too dark for me in this story to keep reading. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture and Murder

bookb1itch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

Just like Twilight,  I was sucked in by this book.  There are several similarities : one girl, two boys:; forbidden relationships; slightly whingey narrator.  This is what all the 12 yo girls are readinng, so I thought I needed to check it out. I can see its appeal - to them.  I will buy the rest of the franchise, but might not bother reading them all.  A couple of oft-repeated phrases became grating: "I stood to my feet" , "I huffed out a laugh".  The actual writing is not brilliant, and the story is not highly original, but it is engaging.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

c0ve's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.75

A captivating book with a reminiscent dystopian world yet focused on relationships mostly which makes you excited to own the book back up

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Blood

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

gwen_l98's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Vomit

chickenslover_bookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Alcohol

savvyrosereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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? No

5.0

Rating: 5/5 stars

Paedyn is an Ordinary hiding among a kingdom of powerful Elites when she is tapped to participate in the deadly Purging Trials.

I absolutely LOVED this one. It is clearly Hunger Games inspired (and sometimes reads like a fantasy version of that series) but that is one of my all-time favorite trilogies so I can hardly be mad at it. The characters here were fantastic, particularly both Kitt and Kai, and even though I am picky when it comes to my love triangles, this one was EVERYTHING (extremely Stefan/Damon coded for any TVD fans out there).

I did predict all the major beats of the ending, but I had a super fun time watching everything unfold nonetheless, and basically never wanted to put this book down, which is MORE than enough to make it a five star read. I can’t wait to continue the series!

CW: Murder/death/violence/injury; torture; death of parent/grief

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

mrsalexisrjones's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The hunger games meets throne of glass meets sky high? There are the elites and the ordinary. The king has banned the ordinary from the kingdom, leaving only those with powers. Our leading girl however, is powerless and forced to find her strength in other ways.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Police brutality, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Classism

mads_99's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail