Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Queen of Myth and Monsters by Scarlett St. Clair

16 reviews

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

Moderate: Violence and War

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

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

oruairc's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

We always fight and fuck.

That's the plot.  There are some reveals in there, somewhere.  Somewhere...

But that's mostly it.  Isolde and Adrian fight and fuck.  And do it again.  And again.

I was quite angry reading it, but anger that drives me to read the next one.  I'm disappointed in myself, truly, but I'm committed to the end.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Moderate: Cursing, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Vomit, Trafficking, and Pregnancy

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.5

Hmmm. I feel like it was missing something, it could be that there was not much going on for a large part of the book. It could also be that plot twist at the end too. 

Queen of Myth & Monsters is a unique idea. Isolde’s development of her abilities is a smooth transition, however I wish her relationship with Adrian would move beyond miserable communication. He’s an asshole, she’s a bitch. We get it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, War, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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: Child death, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy