Reviews tagging 'Death'

Valiant Ladies by Melissa Grey

15 reviews

amberinpieces's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Sexism, Murder, Grief, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Classism, Alcohol, and Gun violence

Minor: Colonisation, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide

mirireads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Physical abuse, Murder, Torture, Kidnapping, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Classism, Gun violence, Vomit, Cursing, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Forced institutionalization

3frenchtoast's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Torture

Minor: Colonisation, Classism, and Alcohol

phoenixhorizon's review

adventurous tense medium-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

3.5

Not bad, pretty good ya romance. I didn’t realize it was loosely based on real people until the end. A bit slow at the beginning but really picks up at 30%.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Domestic abuse

briely's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Minor: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Rape, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

blewballoon's review

adventurous lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I liked the story well enough, but I wasn't a big fan of the writing. I would probably rate this a 4 if the writing didn't take me out of the story so often. There were a lot of repeated lines used for descriptions of what people were doing, to the point that it stood out, and the dialogue was often clunky. The humor didn't land for me, it didn't fit with the setting and was oddly placed sometimes. I would say that I recommend this to young teen/pre-teen girls who think boys are icky, but there a fair amount of violence and murder.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Death, and Murder

Minor: Confinement, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Torture

knlipke's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Gay lady pirates? I’m swooning

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Cursing and Violence

radler's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Death, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Violence, Blood, Physical abuse, Body horror, Murder, Grief, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy and Fire/Fire injury

carolined314's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Fierce ladies, based on a true story, with some real icky violence from men and retribution from the ladies

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Gun violence, Death, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual content and Confinement

betweentheshelves's review

adventurous mysterious 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

If you want a sapphic historical adventure, you've definitely got it in this book! I mistakenly thought this was a pirate book from the cover, but it's 100% not. It's about two girls who maybe (probably) love each other, and who want to get justice for those that might not otherwise have a voice.

There's a bit of murder mystery here, in addition to vigilantism. Kikki and Ana's voices were distinct enough, not to mention they had great chemistry. I loved them. I would definitely read more books about their adventures. And the fact that they're based on real historical figures? Even better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Chronic illness, and Suicide

Minor: Abandonment, Sexual content, and Sexism