Reviews tagging Cursing

Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke

37 reviews

aliyachaudhry's review

challenging dark funny mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Cursing, Vomit, Kidnapping, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, and Trafficking

Moderate: Excrement, Mental illness, Murder, and Gun violence

gusipetch's review

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

Ridiculously readable. Fast paced, intriguing, absolutely brilliant.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Murder, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Cursing, Confinement, and Child death

gcherry64's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Kidnapping, and Death

Moderate: Murder and Slavery

imogenreads_'s review

hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Stick with it through the first 50 pages when you don’t know what’s going on, but the payoff is worth it!! This book stayed with me long after I’d finished it.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cursing and Gun violence

hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Death, Confinement, Abandonment, Blood, Injury/injury detail, Violence, and Cursing

audino's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dementia, Confinement, Kidnapping, Death, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

Minor: Gun violence, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/injury detail

aklovekorn's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gaslighting, Death, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Grief, Cursing, Kidnapping, and Toxic friendship

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Slavery, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Child death, Cursing, and Homophobia

Minor: Excrement, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, and Trafficking

Homophobia warning is for what reads to me as the predatory gay stereotype.

nebraskanwriter's review

adventurous challenging emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/injury detail, Dementia, Murder, Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Cursing, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Physical abuse

jessicaa_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Cursing

Moderate: Kidnapping, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Blood and Child death