Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Castles in their Bones by Laura Sebastian

5 reviews

styxx's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sh543's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: War

ezwolf's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

3.5

Triplet princesses who are trained from birth to marry into other royal families and take over so their mother, the Empress, can rule all of them.

That sounds incredibly interesting and it was for the most part, but I wasn't really wowed by the book. It was a fine read and if you like court fantasies then this is probably a book you would like. I'm interested enough to continue the series but I don't know, I was kind of underwhelmed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Child death, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual assault

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

3.25

The premise of this book centers around political intrigue told in multiple POV.

While I'm not a big fan of multiple POV, especially when it's more than two, I did enjoy this book.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

astralbooks's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Suicide