Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

73 reviews

levilore_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

3.75

I really liked the characters and the story was compelling, so I will probably continue the series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia and Toxic relationship

sadetanssija's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Outing, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

kaneebli's review against another edition

funny mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Blood, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism

midnightstory's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

honestly fell a bit in love w edwin + robin tbh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny

blacksphinx's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism, Death of parent, Outing, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Chronic illness, Racism, and Suicide

anna_hepworth's review against another edition

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? No

3.5

What I thought I was getting was fantasy adventure (magic in England in the ~1910s) with a romance subplot. What I got was the type of romance plot that doesn't appeal, with a varnish of fantasy adventure sub-subplot, and quite a lot of sex scenes. Maybe if I'd had the right expectations, I'd have appreciated this story more.

As it was, there are lots of interesting details, and there were some fabulous paragraphs. But I finished it somewhat out of spite, and because I have book two out of the library, waiting for me to read it. I did want to know what happened, but I didn't really want to have to deal with the romantic couple and their emotional miscommunications. 

I can see that there are some interesting overarching plot threads, with three items to be found, and three books to find them in, so I have hopes that book two won't slump. 

Overall summary: world building fantastic, plot a bit rough, characterisation a little off and occasionally veering towards farce, writing shows promise, particularly as this is a debut novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Homophobia and Alcohol

beepbeep101's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Torture

Moderate: Cursing, Misogyny, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Death of parent

honey_pie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-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

5.0

GAY EDWARDIAN MAGICIANS 🤩

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

caitlinemccann's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content, Torture, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Outing, and Classism

Minor: Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Stalking

pvbobrien's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Sexual content

Moderate: Chronic illness, Homophobia, Misogyny, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture, Death of parent, and Murder