Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Powerless by Lauren Roberts

187 reviews

gwen_l98's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Vomit

chickenslover_bookworm's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Alcohol

savvyrosereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Rating: 5/5 stars

Paedyn is an Ordinary hiding among a kingdom of powerful Elites when she is tapped to participate in the deadly Purging Trials.

I absolutely LOVED this one. It is clearly Hunger Games inspired (and sometimes reads like a fantasy version of that series) but that is one of my all-time favorite trilogies so I can hardly be mad at it. The characters here were fantastic, particularly both Kitt and Kai, and even though I am picky when it comes to my love triangles, this one was EVERYTHING (extremely Stefan/Damon coded for any TVD fans out there).

I did predict all the major beats of the ending, but I had a super fun time watching everything unfold nonetheless, and basically never wanted to put this book down, which is MORE than enough to make it a five star read. I can’t wait to continue the series!

CW: Murder/death/violence/injury; torture; death of parent/grief

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

mrsalexisrjones's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

The hunger games meets throne of glass meets sky high? There are the elites and the ordinary. The king has banned the ordinary from the kingdom, leaving only those with powers. Our leading girl however, is powerless and forced to find her strength in other ways.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Police brutality, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Classism

mads_99's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

hematthews's review

adventurous dark emotional 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: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

eviej2010's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful relaxing tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I think this is one of my first proper fantasy books I've ever read and Oh. My. God. This was absolutely amazing. I would've read it quicker, but I was in a reading slump from a different book and it was the first two weeks back at school. But anyway, the whole story was amazing and shocking. The last 11 chapters were crazy and I felt so many emotions at once. I cried hysterically twice when reading this. The first time was the end of the first trial and at the end of the third trial, I was absolutely heartbroken. I do love kai and Paedyn, they are amazing. They're both so funny and brave and I feel so much empathy to them both. I'm really pissed at after waiting 432 pages THEY DID'T KISS! only brushed lips! But I just gotta wait for the second book. And the tension and banter to between them was *chef's kiss* And the plot!? I have no words. Some of my favorite scenes were; the dagger scene, Kai helping her up (interviews), them fighting each other, all the Trail's Balls, "who did this to you?", favorite color scene, her helping him with his nightmare and him braiding her hair, near kiss and Kai being drunk.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

artmuseam's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

so maybe this just wasn’t my cup of tea, but i’m actually surprised that a lot of people hyped up this book. i personally found it to be just okay. the plot itself felt like it was pulling from a whole bunch of previously written books (i got MAJOR hunger games/red rising vibes here) and the writing itself left me feeling bored at times. i get a bit nit-picky when it comes to words being overused, and i can’t tell you how many times i sighed out loud in exasperation when i saw the same damn verbs being used in each chapter. something about the pacing felt rushed too, and i think this book started to feel more like a badly written fan fiction than an actual novel. the plot was entirely predictable aside from that one part in the ending. i think the book had a lot more potential if it was less focused on milking the enemies to lovers & love triangle including 2 brothers trope. there were also just wayyy too many cliche parts for my liking—and im someone who loves cliche. i don’t think i’ll be reading the next book, since i didn’t enjoy this one very much. 2/5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

zoe_mccorkle's review

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense medium-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? No

5.0

This book will keep you on your toes. It will keep you wanting more while being heart broken.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Torture, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Suicide, and Grief

holliepao's review

adventurous challenging 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Minor: Physical abuse