Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Half a King by Joe Abercrombie

8 reviews

coooper's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Ableism, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Gore, Murder, Bullying, War, Incest, Death, Body shaming, and Torture

dani_reis's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, War, Violence, Slavery, and Injury/Injury detail

leic01's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Violence, War, Trafficking, and Death of parent

Minor: Torture

sophieamreacher's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Such an interesting and intricate young adult story full of grit, adventure, and betrayal. I loved the story and it’s arc, the Viking feel, and the moral arcs. Felt a little like a tamer version of the game of thrones vibes. Poetic writing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, Slavery, Trafficking, War, Grief, Body shaming, Excrement, Hate crime, Death, Violence, Vomit, Bullying, Confinement, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Murder

darkefyres's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Slavery, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Murder, Grief, and Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent

amelia_laverty's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

A good book to read, with twists I couldn’t see coming—but after finishing, thinking back on it there is no one event that stuck out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Physical abuse, Kidnapping, War, Death, and Murder

kaziaroo's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted 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? Yes

3.5

This was a quick, easy read. The fantasy was very light but the world building was still interesting and the characters and their interactions were entertaining and endearing. The last chapter was amazingly satisfying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Gore, Death, Ableism, Slavery, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit, Excrement, Death of parent, and Grief

forthesanityof1's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Quarantine read! It seemed intriguing so I gave it a shot. O ended up reading it in one sitting. The writing style is very effective but a tad dry in my opinion, which made it hard for my to invest my feelings into the characters and the plot. I did enjoy the plot, especially what the last 30 pages with two fantastic twists I didn't see coming but I could trace back in the little details as soon as they occurred. I think the bittersweet ending was realistic for a story like this, which is such a refreshing and utterly human thing to see. I will be looking into the other two books in this series.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Blood, Death, Murder, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: Bullying, Grief, Incest, and Physical abuse

Incest is based on period-typical arranged marriages