Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan

6 reviews

seforana's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

fran's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, and War

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Sexism, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent

wishbea's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

Starts out as a murder mystery, which quickly becomes an empire ending threat. Justice Konrad is a very mysterious character and as the story is told from the POV of his apprentice/clerk Helena as an older woman we get to see his character shift and what seems to be the start of a moral decline from an outside POV. Helena herself is very dull and a victim of insta-love unfortunately, she has no idea what she wants in life, her streetrat orphan background is barely relevant to her character, and for some reason older Helena stands by her insta-love as her "first true love". Sir Radomir develops into a wonderfully charismatic character by the end of the book and the climax makes for a compelling start to this trilogy. I will be reading the sequel and hoping for better characterisation for Helena.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Grief, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, and Fire/Fire injury

dogearedbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement and Death of parent

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, and War

dani_reis's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

I found the first 50% kind of boring. I had to reread the synopsis to see if I even knew what I picked up.
50-70% was where the plot really picked up.
The end was intense. I don't think I liked how the narrator is sometimes talking to the reader like a story is being given about the past, but then present tense for the majority of the book. It happened few enough that I can look past it. I am looking forward to the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

death of animal is with an unattached animal to the reader. It is graphic.

prynne31's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

It was well-written. Just not sure I'm the target audience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Torture, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism

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