Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Emperor of Thorns by Mark Lawrence

7 reviews

garrettcz's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

Fantastic ending to this series. Couldn’t put any of them down! This was really great. Dark as hell, but great. Check the content warnings for sure. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

sheyri's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, and Pregnancy

whirl's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Rape, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Pedophilia, Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Gun violence, and Pregnancy

surdiablo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Definitely a fitting conclusion to The Broken Empire series. It was nice to see Jorg's transformation from the 'vilest evil scum ever existed' to just an 'evil scum' :D It had several oh shit! moments just like in previous books and the ending was perfect imo. Best one in the trilogy for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Rape

writingcaia's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Although it took me so long to read and I felt little curiosity how it would end until middle of it, I have to say it did build up. There were so many loose ends and would they tie up? I, then, wanted to know. Well, the resolution of it all was way more spectacular and unforeseen than I ever imagined, and a total plot twist, and that’s why this one merits the highest score of the three books.
I don’t know why he wanted to be emperor, besides the fact that people didn’t want him to, I don’t know why he would be king, besides a result of vengeance, but I can’t say it was ever boring to follow Jorg in his travels and misdeeds along the Broken Empire, and have it end this way was beyond perfect, it just matched my reasoning for him and his deeds and wills.
This is what a great ending can do, change your perspective of everything you read before, or better yet, give the right glasses to see clearer into the past, the hindsight.
Not the most recommendable read, as it took me a long time (unusual for me) to read the series and to feel motivated to finish this last book, although the second was pretty intense and difficult to put down, but if the blurb pulls you in and my reviews don’t scare you away, here it is for you reading pleasure the story of Honorous Jorg, the boy caught in the thorns.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

kiriikiri's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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: Violence

issamisha's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault