Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Malice by Heather Walter

82 reviews

princess_sara_sparkles's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, War, and Classism

cnaccarato's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

nclausel25's review

dark inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Violence, Murder, and Abandonment

silver_violet's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

An interesting and captivating retelling of Sleeping Beauty. If you're a fan of dark fantasy, fairy tales, and a (somehow) relatable antihero, I highly recommend. Very much looking forward to the second and final book in this duology, Misrule. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Confinement, Torture, Violence, and Murder

vikkisgrotto's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

sav_22's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, and Colonisation

blackheart's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

This was such a good read. The added depth and history of this classic tale was fantastic. The pain and rage of the main character is so relatable it make you want to be a villian too. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

venti's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

feels like a set up for the next book — which i’m not complaining about because i’m sure it will be great, but would have been cooler maybe in one big volume like priory? idk 🤷 i liked alyce and aurora, but was so annoyed the whole book when alyce was constantly getting shit on. hope she kills them all in the next book! 😜

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, and War

im_bruns's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

jasminechocklettslee's review

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Torture