Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Last Sun by K.D. Edwards

37 reviews

restfulreading's review

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

jxrr_y's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

I really enjoyed this book and loved the characters (especially Brand). Although I don’t think the author excelled at world building (specifically with their societal structure), I felt like there were a few errors in the book that editing didn’t catch.  I’m also not the biggest fan of fantasy worlds based off the real world either, but I’m hooked and will be reading the rest of this series. 

Side note: In my head Brand was Roy Kent from Ted Lasso and Addam spoke like Prince Merkimer from Disenchantment. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Alcohol

rafaelsampaio's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

gabsoulutely's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Honestly cannot bring myself to give it a 4 star rating when I was utterly confused about where this story was going for more than half of its entirety. 

I am giving it a 3.75 stars because the ending was better than I thought it would be. I really wish the best for the characters involved, but man it's so sad that there's so much drama and trauma for the main characters. It's truly such a difficult read in the topics that they focus on, including sexual assault and so much political intrigue. Even murder and kidnapping. Just so much happened in this book and I'm like overwhelmed. I still barely know who's who in this book, but I do appreciate Addam. 

TW: detailed description of sexual assault, attempted murder, murder, and kidnapping. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Genocide

maregred's review

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Rape, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Grief, and Colonisation

greycifer's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Slavery, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

crypticspren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? No

4.5

I really loved this. It had some strong world building, deep characters, and the plot was so gripping! If it wasn't for a few logical blank spots, I could have easily given this 5*.

Also Ruhn and Addam! The CUTEST!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Murder

jahnadv's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

starlitpage's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

1.5

I started out not liking this book for being too edgy for my personal taste, and finished up disliking it because of the lack of conclusion. From the beginning I felt like I was starting in the middle of something and missing context, and I didn't get satisfactory answers by reading on. There was even a prophecy--I love a good prophecy--that only about 1/3 of it happens in the story. There's an interesting story in this world and this premise, but I'm not convinced it's the one I just read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol and Classism

barometz's review

I keep trying and I just don't like urban fantasy. I feel like this book and pretty much all other UF I've read simultaneously have too much going on and not enough.

The scene that was the final nail in the coffin for me was a good example, I think.

The main character and his bodyguard were at a bar with the kid they're supposed to be taking care of, looking for information. They all order drinks when they walk in. MC wanders off to find the person who supposedly has the information, gets it, everyone's ready to leave. But then we realize the kid is in the corner on a drug trip because the bartender mixed something into his drink. The bartender's reasoning is that the kid is from the (legitimately awful) magic family that got destroyed at the beginning of the book, and fuck those people--except that the bartender also seems to understand that this child was a victim of that family.

There's no reason for him to do it, and the entire scene does nothing but slow the book down; I don't get what we're doing here and I don't really enjoy the opportunity for the bodyguard to commit a little more gratuitous violence (nor do I think it's funny or cute to slip drugs to an abuse victim without their consent!!). Besides these kinds of moments that don't seem to do anything to move the plot, there aren't a lot of spaces to digest what is important, so the entire thing is difficult for me to follow.

There's so much going on that nothing in particular seems important, which seems to be a constant theme with the entire UF genre.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Child abuse