Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Voyage of the Damned by Frances White

11 reviews

skillyillian's review against another edition

This book is GREAT don't get me wrong but I've been listening to the audiobook and couldn't do another ten hours of Nathan foad's distracting accent and voices. He's a great actor and does an awesome job portraying the characters as individual people. He's wonderful, I adore him, but for me personally I kept getting distracted by the way he was saying things and I couldn't focus on the book enough to be enjoying it like I think it ought to be, lmao. Maybe it's the tism, idk. I will 100% be returning to this as a physical or digital read but I can't focus on the story through Nathan's voices 😂 he does a great job, I'm just dense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content

nikogatts's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Grief

ribbonquest's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense

• 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

More brutal violence than I was expecting and incredibly anime feeling. Everyone represents an animal, Fruits Basket zodiac style, and have different rainbow hair colors. The cast is very diverse, which flips back and forth between contrived and just a sign of how screwed up this world/system of governance is.

The youngest passenger is an adorable six-year-old so if "child on murder boat" raises any red flags for you, look into content warnings or just skip this one.

It's engaging but not for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Ableism

thisbookisbananas's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Ok this was an absolute good time. Voyage of the Damned executed what Gideon the Ninth failed to do for me. This was a gritty, fun isolated closed circle mystery set in a dystopian fantasy setting. The main character,Dee, was lovable and funny. The humor hit like Everyone in My Family has Killed Someone. There was a mini-found-family situation ,which is my catnip. The one qualm I had while reading it is figuring out what age range this book is for. Due to the dystopian setting, the characters trapped on the ship are as young as six and as old as thirty. However, I think I’m going to place Voyage of the Damned in either New Adult or Adult age range. A great read! I look forward to trying more from this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

Minor: Vomit

justinekorson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

5.0

Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with an ARC of this story.
SPOILERS TO FOLLOW

I've wanted to read this ALL YEAR and it was just as good as I heard it would be!!! I, at first, was so in denial of all the murders (for obvious Ravi and Eudora reasons) that I was CONVINCED that that none of it was real?? Or like a ploy to get all the Dux's to be civil with one another? But as the story kept going I realized that, yes all of these people were actually dead. I think the deaths that upset me the most were Shinjiro and Jasper (only because he was a literal child. he was kind of an awful person). (I was also really sad when Leo died even though he was also a prick. I just felt bad for the situation that led him to do all that). I expected more of them to survive for some reason but when Cordelia's plan was revealed it all made sense in the end (sadly). I was really glad Tendai and Yewande managed to escape mostly unscathed though and I'm still mourning a little the death of Wyatt??? I was so in love with the Wyatt version of Ravi that when he revealed himself I was so shocked. There were a TON of clues though now that I'm thinking back on all of it. Overall it was such a mind bobbling story because every character I suspected died almost immediately after. I can't wait to read more books from this author!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

paschal's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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

4.75

book. It’s supernatural crossed with Agatha Christy mystery and the result is a beautiful child (book). I think I accused almost every character in the book before the finish. There’s a nice little romance thrown in for good measure. True that it soon has a murder…..then more murders but I did not feel like the characters were damned, more like in a bad place at a bad time. The characters are well developed and some are more lovable than others but that’s what makes a good book. No obvious villain and plenty of twists. I enjoyed it tremendously and recommend it without reservation. 

I appreciate the Advanced Copy to Review from Harlequin and this is my honest opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Sexual diversity is a minor theme

inkysplodge's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Self harm, Xenophobia, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Suicide, Vomit, and Death of parent

cwallace1005's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

 You know what... Yeah. I'll give it four stars. It was really fun! I do agree with other reviewers that it was YA, despite the protagonist being 22. I was actually expecting more blood and gore. There was some, but it wasn't out of control or uber graphic. The writing and execution of the plot were pretty simple. I think I liked reading this book so much because it's one I would have LOVED in high school. Snarky main character, murder mystery, charming relationships. It wasn't perfect, but it was really fun! And the cover is GORGEOUS 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and War

amy14's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism

moonchild_cos's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Body shaming, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War