Reviews tagging 'Murder'

A Song of Wraiths & Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown

35 reviews

mme_carton's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Slavery, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

andatherrin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-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: Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse and Xenophobia

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and War

corriejn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

4.25

First two thirds or so of this book were great: skilled worldbuilding, introduction of characters and storylines that were destined to clash. However, things fall a part a bit when the author actually gets to resolving how those various storylines interact and resolve. Brown seems to want to be N. K. Jemisin, but falls short. Too many flat, undeveloped characters who pop in to be major parts of the narrative, too many twists and turns that aren't foreshadowed or a logical part of the story, but just tossed in and basically rewrite the worldbuilding and characters that were more skillfully introduced earlier. I don't plan to read the rest of this series. It started off really promising through most of this volume, but ended up a jumbled mess.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Torture, Cannibalism, and War

hunnykurls's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Animal death and Death of parent

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

I really wanted to like this book. It started off strong, but by about halfway through I figured out the twist and got bored. I don’t think I will be reading the sequel unfortunately. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, and Classism

meluhnie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Murder

Moderate: Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

rae_bookmarkchronicles's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Murder

vashtanarada42'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

I loved how the author approached many difficult topics, it was trauma-informed in how it approaches the complexity of situations and mental effects of long-term abuse. I cannot recommend this series more!   

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Slavery, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

februaryfriday's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

i picked this up on a whim and i have no regrets. 
firstly, the magic system was really unique and interesting and the lore involved so lovely to read about. 
however, i feel like this novel didn’t reach its full potential quite yet. i liked the characters, but for some reason i wasn’t really that invested (could also still be leftover pieces of my reading slump). i felt more for them towards the end when things ~happened~, but i wish we could’ve seen more of the protagonists interactions and see why they actually like each other. 
nevertheless, it was very enjoyable and thrilling, especially the second half. i will probably pick up the second book sometime to see where it goes and would still recommend it if it sounds like something you’d enjoy!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Murder

mariah_is_awkward's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense fast-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: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury