Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Second Rebel by Linden A. Lewis

8 reviews

cpachet's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Took me a long time to get into this book, despite loving The First Sister. The plot felt so bleak sometimes and I cried throughout the last third of the book. However, I love that the author made bold choices and pushed the stories to dark places. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, and Murder

bookswithjk's review

challenging dark tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, and Murder

Minor: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, and Slavery

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Transphobia and Dysphoria

rebeccajost's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Murder, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

grimdark_dad's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Sexual harassment

foreverinastory's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Sexual content, Slavery, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation

thegr8estangell's review

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? No

5.0

a fantastic follow up to one of my favourite new series. WOW. It's still queer. It's still in space. and boy did it deliver. I loved every minute of it. The political betrayals were crazy. The fight scenes were so well done. The plot picks up right with the First Sister leaves off. I love am in love with this story. I cannot wait to read the next book. I am dying to know what happens. I need the third book. This story has so many layers, so many points of intrigue. Lewis does a wonderful job at continually expanding her world with her immaculate building style. The only thing that drove me crazy was that there were 4 POVs instead of 3. Adding in that fourth POV made the distance between characters a longer. I kept having to stop and try to remember what happened at the time we saw this character because it was 60 pages ago and a whole hell of a lot more plot points later. I do like how they added character names to each of the chapter headings. That made it much easier to read. The cliff hangers at the end of this story are killing me and I am going to apply for the ARC when it become available. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and War