Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor

35 reviews

hotpinkmess's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Abandonment

anushar's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad slow-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

This book was overall really good and the ending had me in my feels, unfortunately I found that I was skimming a lot in this book, it’s rather slow paced and despite the beautiful writing the story definitely feels longer than it needs to be. I would recommend it overall though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Genocide, Slavery, Xenophobia, and Trafficking

alexandra296's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Rape, Suicide, Trafficking, and Murder

daydreamermoonwalker's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

I liked this more than the first book because I thought the plot picked up a lot faster. I loved Serai and Minya's character development, and several of the side characters got really interesting development too. My only complaint is that Lazlo was a pretty static character. His whole purpose and personality in this book was his love for Serai, while she had motivations outside of her relationship with him. There was a subplot with some side characters that was gripping and achingly sad which I absolutely adored. I also loved the themes of forgiveness and redemption. Overall I think that if you liked the first book, you'll like this one! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder