Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch

12 reviews

murdoch's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

josiah17's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

5.0

This was such a pleasant surprise, in both entertaining and heartbreaking fashion. I liked the first book, but I love this one. Scott Lynch simply writes some of the best character interactions, relationships, and dialogue in the game. Locke and Jean's dynamic is just the best, and it's extremely present in this book more so than in the first, in my opinion.

(But I also hate Scott Lynch now for the pain he has caused me 😡.

WHY DID EZRI HAVE TO DIE. I SO DESPERATELY WANTED A HAPPY ENDING!!!

)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

dragonaion's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring 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

5.0

An excellent progression, the previous "grunge fantasy" has turned into a "romantic fantasy, steam punk, and pirate" with all of the brilliance and love from the first book. It is,however, a pleasant surprise to read how the love lives develop and reveal themselves between the two main characters; subtle in some ways, endearing in others, and all loving and heartfelt.
I was deeply engrossed in this story, to the point of reading at least 100 pages a day, and am delighted to know I have the next book already on my shelves to read.
"Thieves prosper and the rich remember" 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

elizabeth_lepore's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, and Slavery

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

jos400's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing and Violence

rockettemorton's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

Great for a lot of the same reasons that made the debut great: Exhilarating action; loveable and believable characters; grim and fascinating world-building; beautifully written relationships... And of course, the intricate, masterful plot, every piece fitting perfectly together like Verrari clockwork. (geddit).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Slavery, and Violence

delfinmac's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

aether_a's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-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

4.25

This was going to be 5 stars until the last couple hundred pages.

There was a super fake out betrayal between friends that was only really there for cheep drama and the last couple chapters gave me severe tonal whiplash very suddenly going from we're grieving to we're scheming to I don't know quite what's going on.

Overall it was pretty amazing. I appreciated the great Locke & Jean character beats and their growth throughout the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Death

christian08's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content and Alcohol

katherinehamilton's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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: Cursing, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder