Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Zakon Mimów by Samantha Shannon

32 reviews

magraymusic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, and Classism

theoddduckling's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

A brutal, fast paced follow up to The Bone Season. Samantha Shannon expands the world of Scion, taking readers deeper into the dark underbelly of the London Citadel and its clairvoyant population. 

Now that Paige Mahoney is back in London, she must decide whether to return to her old life as mollisher for the charismatic Jaxon Hall. But how can she when she knows the truth about Scion? 

But the influent of the Rephiam goes deeper than anyone could have imagined, and Paige begins to wonder if she didn’t escape one form of slavery only to find herself in another. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

tinyjude's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

3.75

The story has still some very interesting elements that make me want to continue the series. Especially I am interested in the worldbuilding and finding out more about Paige's powers and the truth about the origins of these hellish characters (i dont know how to write their name in english but yeah you get it). The book is a bit slow at the beginning but the 3rd part makes it worth it. Really loved the fight

between Jax and Paige and his character

also holds so much potential for future instalments.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Gore, Slavery, Police brutality, Trafficking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism and Abandonment

nordicat'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood

lauramcc7's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

vicktorea'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

i never know what’s going on burning that ending????

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder

caitlin9's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Self harm, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty

chaoticreadingclub's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Gore

mjwhitlock18's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.5

Second in a fantasy series about a clairvoyant mob syndicate in future dystopian London. This book somehow feels action-packed but still reads slower than molasses left out in a snowstorm. This book started so slow, the middle third is basically the same thing several times over, but the last 120 pages saves it. I still enjoy the magic system in this series with ambitious worldbuilding, but I wanted to get more attached to the characters than I did. I found like I enjoyed the development of several of the side characters, including the Seven Seals, more than I did the main character, Paige. 

I still don’t understand the point of the romance subplot with Warden and it’s still a little weird, though less Stockholm-y/hot for teacher vibes than the last book. No surprise that Jaxon is a selfish, traitorous asshole, to the very last line.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Trafficking and Alcohol

shannonbooks'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol