Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson

4 reviews

dani_reis's review

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

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

5.0

First read: audio Oct 16 - 22, 2023
Second read: kindle with audio June 1 - 18, 2024

This book is very dense. This requires your full attention and slow digest of the information. So many moving parts. The entire book is mostly focused on world building. You don't feel a connection with any single character where if they were to suddenly die, it isn't a worry on your emotions. 

The second read was much more successful with my ADHD by keeping notes and making sure I actually followed giant info dump paragraphs before moving on. Is this going to be necessary for most? No. But I know the plot, and can move onwards without completely requiring rereads to continue. 

I highly recommend for those looking for an epic fantasy read and aren't in a hurry to push out another book for a number. Enjoy the book on the side of another if that's what's necessary to slow down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity and Sexual content

Suicide minor

Suicide was implied for a character, but not on page, and nothing confirmed.

voelve's review against another edition

adventurous challenging medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

This book does not hold your hand, and you are along for a ride with rapidly changing POVs where you only have context clues to rely on to understand the structure of the world - which I love; nothing is more jarring than lore dumps from characters who live in and presumably know the world and would have no need to explain it. It's a really cool read, with fascinating worldbuilding, and I am so excited for the other nine books in the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder and War

Minor: Alcoholism

annapox's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Medical content, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Cursing, Genocide, Rape, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

nerdkitten's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

Minor: Genocide, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent