Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Sea of Ruin by Pam Godwin

43 reviews

hberg's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-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

4.0

Really enjoyed the book, except for the wildly unnecessary sexual assault scenes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder

shannonspage's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.75

I thoroughly enjoyed this read. It’s like a sexy Pirates of the Caribbean if Elizabeth Swann and Will Turner got with James Norrington

For me, the story was fast paced and I never got bored. I loved Bennett and Ashley together and all their hate and banter. I was confused and concerned why Priest betrayed

and cheated on

Bennett but when I learned the reasoning

was because Priest’s lover was Ashley and they had history

I was SHOOK. Such a good plot twist!

My only qualm that is making me not give it 5 stars is that I wish it had more MMF for a MMF book. The ménage doesn’t really occur until the last 25% of the book. The one MMF scene that was written wasn’t heavy in the inclusion of MM and when MM does occur, it is in passing and not actual scenes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity

one_more_chapter96's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Really well written and I loved the twists and turns - the sorry didn’t follow a simple arc which was different and enjoyable. Sad and dark at times, definitely check TW’s, but super sweet and spicy as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

Minor: Homophobia

bigleoenergy's review against another edition

Not feeling it. I think right now I’m not interested in protagonists who are teenagers.

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Content Warnings

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

sadye18's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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? No

5.0

I really enjoyed a Sea of Ruin. I even got my friend who is picky with her books to read it and she loved it asking if I had any other book recommendations. I selected the book as medium paced, but if anything, it is kind of fast paced. There weren't any dull spots in the story, there was always something happening and made you not want to put the book down. I truly went through all of the emotions reading Sea of Ruin. There is definitely trigger warnings that I recommend looking up before reading as there is SA and rape. I don't know the specific pages it happens in the book, but it is definitely towards the middle/end of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Murder

kaitlintracy's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Infertility, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

_terah_hansen_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Infertility, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

thesmutfairy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

There is no one who write dark like Pam, and I will die on that hill. I was so lost in this book I couldn’t put it down. The writing was beautiful and captivating. Pam had a way of taking you on a dark and twisted journey but making everything ok with heart stopping words. I loved this story from start to finish. BRAVO! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, and Murder

direguard's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Infertility, Racism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Colonisation, and Classism

stefaya's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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 devoured this book. This is not for the faint of heart, however, if you are strong enough, it is a great read. Dare I say one of my top 5 this year.  Pam Godwin is a master at writing. The writing even elevates the smut. There are many triggers in this book (SA, graphic violence,… you name it.) I had to skip a paragraph or so that detailed SA. Nonetheless, I could not put this book down. I feel like I know the characters. I know I’m going to be in a reading slump after this.  I would recommend a thousand percent.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail