Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Queen of Myth and Monsters by Scarlett St. Clair

16 reviews

shaylac's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I'm a little underwhelmed to say the least.

After finishing the first book in the series I was excited to start the second book to get a more in-depth look at some of the characters but it felt like it was a bit lackluster. There wasn't much plot or character building in this book, granted there were a lot of things that happened throughout the book. It almost felt as though there were too many issues instead of the characters having to focus on one or two; as a reader there wasn't a main focal point as it almost felt chaotic.

To be fair, there were a lot of twists and turns that you would have or not have picked up hints on throughout the book. There's also a good amount of spice that was included, which I think we're all here for 😉

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death, Gore, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault, Grief, and Rape

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, War, and Pregnancy

julienicole1106's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Sexual content, Alcohol, Animal death, Sexual assault, Blood, Death, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Pregnancy, Rape, and Toxic friendship

courtofvalkyrie's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Blood, and Violence

zimmerlemon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

3.5

Not sure how to feel. I definitely liked the first book better. This one falls into a lot of the classic traps of fantasy sequels where there is just a LOT going on, a few too many twists and turns, a lot to keep up with…and it just loses its center a bit. I’ll definitely read the next book whenever it comes out because I’m attached enough to the characters that I’m really curious what will happen, but oof. 

Also be warned this one is MUCH darker than the first. It’s honestly so dark that then the spice just feels like an intrusion/inconsistent with the rest of the plot and mood. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual violence

mo_books_read's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Murder, Sexism, Blood, Cursing, Death, Gore, Torture, and Grief

bookswithriona's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Rape, and War

thisdiwata_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.5

Overall: 4.5
Spice: 3
Narration: 4.5

The sequel to one of my top books of 2022. I won’t let my love for KOBAB blind me to how I feel about this book I promise. 

Queen of Myth & Monsters is very character driven focusing on Isolde, worry not the plot is still solid even if it was character driven. There’s a lot happening on this book that picks up right after KOBAB, no time jump, and be warned that this will hurt. 

I hurt for Violeta and Sorren, if you have read it you already know why, and I felt their loss and it feels unfair that both had to happen. 

I was hoping for more chapters that focused on Adrian mostly because he seemed like an asshole for majority of this book due to circumstances and situations beyond control and I wished we were given his POV to know exactly how he feels or what he was thinking you know? 

“You are my greatest gift Isolde. The day I found you was the day I needed nothing else” Bonus Scene Adrian - this 🥺

I love both Isolde & Adrian and this cliffhanger!!! I can’t believe I did not expect such ending 🤯

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Miscarriage

i_love_b00ks's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Animal death, and Emotional abuse

zeperandazmyth's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Cursing, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Torture

Moderate: Violence and War

Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, Grief, Rape, and Vomit

mermaidmommy19's review against another edition

4.75

This was such a compelling sequel in my opinion. It was very good. There was a bit of over used vocabulary toward the end, such as "devastated" and "murdered" which I believe were intended to evoke strong emotion, but eventually lost all meaning due to over use. Beyond that, I don't really have any complaints.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Suicide, Cursing, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Colonisation, and Sexism

Minor: Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Slavery