Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Queen of Myth and Monsters by Scarlett St. Clair

42 reviews

lisashelves's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

roxy_reads_romance's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Murder, and War

katharina90's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.0

Terrible all around.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Rape and Murder

frolickingandfantasy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

drtx_bwt's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, and Blood

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Murder, and War

molls's review against another edition

medium-paced

1.0

The book is a mess. Maybe book 1 was the same and I was just in a different mood. Big reveals feel rushed/abrupt with basically no payoff, shoved in awkwardly between info dumps, flashbacks, and so many sex scenes. These two are ready to bang any time, even if it doesn't make sense at all, even if they were sad or at odds 30 seconds ago. Did Scarlett had a sex scene quota she needed to hit? I was saying "girl, seriously??" out loud. There are three or four chapters from Adrian's perspective that don't need to be. The magic system and the goddesses get more confusing rather than less, especially at the end. 

Maybe there are some cool concepts in here but they're poorly executed, which for me sucked all the enjoyment out of the reading experience. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: War

Minor: Rape and Toxic relationship

d0505's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Murder, and War

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

Minor: Slavery, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

livfowler's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment