Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Levende steden by Philip Reeve

17 reviews

jayecard's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

2.0

The world was really cool and well described, but sadly I felt that the characters were incredibly bland. There was a lot of detail when it came to places and environments that I loved, but when it came to characters' thoughts and feelings, it suddenly was incredibly simplistic. Tom, the main character, is just sorta there for most of the plot and does virtually nothing, nor does he have a lot of interesting thoughts or emotions about it all. It didn't help that the ending felt incredibly dissatisfying.

Bonus points for letting a major female character be way outside of beauty standards though. The fact that Hester's face is described without trying to pretty up her scars and disfigurements was something I genuinely appreciated.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Excrement

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Minor: Slavery

njschaal's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Cursing

k_galloway's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Minor: Slavery

crunchycrystals's review against another edition

• Strong character development? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Slavery, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

goldendreams's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Excrement, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

crowcaller's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I love this book

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Death of parent

Minor: Colonisation

lovely_lisa's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder