Reviews tagging 'Death'

Think of England by KJ Charles

10 reviews

jess_justmaybeperfect's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Antisemitism, Murder, and Colonisation

Minor: Fatphobia

rosemaryfay's review

adventurous funny mysterious 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

4.75

One of my favorite KJ Charles books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gun violence

Moderate: Racial slurs, Vomit, and Antisemitism

the_vegan_bookworm's review

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

0.75

This book was a miss for me. While I find KJ Charles to be a really talented writer, the dynamic between Archie and Daniel was dysfunctional at best and toxic at worst. Even though Archie chooses Daniel at the end, it feels reluctant given his hostility throughout the early book. Even more than hostility, his overt homophobia, racism and anti-Semitism make him pretty irredeemable to me. Learning the errors of his ways does not absolve him of being a straight up jerk to his love interest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Sexual harassment

Minor: Xenophobia

pantaruja's review

adventurous 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Murder, Outing, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, and Suicide

pvbobrien's review

adventurous mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Homophobia, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Torture, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Outing, Colonisation, War, and Classism

angelbabe_cj's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual content, Violence, Antisemitism, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Racism, Violence, Blood, and Kidnapping

Minor: Incest

tranzkafka's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

really liked this! like with proper english, i'm not normally a fan of murder mystery (and i did find this one a bit graphic despite the content warnings provided on storygraph), however this one had some really interesting conversations in it about queer identity in the early 20th century, and disability in the post-WW1 period. also i thought the main couple had great chemistry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Antisemitism, and Murder

siad's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Plot:⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Characters:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Spice:🌶️🌶️🌶️/5

After I learned that

DS from The Will Darling Adventures had his own book

I knew I had to read it. But even tho it's not directly connected it was a great story on its own.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Antisemitism

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, and Sexual content

Minor: Suicide

kokako's review

dark lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and Violence

ehmannky's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Well this was an entertaining read, and much more action packed and violent than I thought it would be going off of my experience of the Proper English prequel. I will say I really liked Daniel and Archie as a couple, and I'm always down for a swoon-worthy rescue. It's a quick read, and it's all about rich people getting their comeuppance and that's, like, a real comfort read right now.

I also think it's very funny that Pat and Fen show up in what is their second house party where murder occurs and they must save the day for the gay men they find in their lives.

I would have liked there to be a more critical lens of Empire (Archie was a soldier during the Boer War), but it wasn't like a rah-rah British Imperialism book, so I don't consider it to be a damning feature of the book.  I also have mixed feelings about how Archie's disability is handled in text. But again, I didn't find it egregiously terrible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Fatphobia, Gore, and Vomit