Reviews tagging 'War'

Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor

41 reviews

justagirlwithbooks's review

Life's too short to be reading books you aren't enjoying. I already know that this book is gonna end up as a 3 stars at most, and because I feel like a reading slump is approaching, I need to dnf this book before that happens. That, and library deadlines are super stressful. I thought I could blaze through this book but I can't, this book seems never-ending and I really don't know if I can continue this series. I will say that Zuzana and Mik were the best characters in this book, but even they weren't enough to keep me reading. I was still confused, and also a bit bored, if they weren't there. I just hope Strange the Dreamer is better than this. I would've liked to like this book more. I just don't. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Sexual content

rmlknisely's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, War, Blood, Genocide, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Rape

bethfern04's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Gaslighting, War, Genocide, Grief, Blood, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Vomit, Rape, Slavery, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, and Violence

mngwa'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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, War, Self harm, Suicide, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit and Slavery

gcjay1994's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.0

Overall an enjoyable read and continuation from book 1. I wasn’t wowed by it, but feel like I would have devoured this when I was younger. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Death, War, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Confinement, Blood, Rape, Violence, Vomit, and Toxic relationship

ellie_gonzalez's review

dark emotional tense fast-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and War

tayglebagel's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Sexual assault, Torture, and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

harperlesley's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

abiofpellinor's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual assault, Murder, Genocide, Xenophobia, War, Violence, Slavery, Sexual violence, Death, Self harm, Grief, and Body horror

savvyrosereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

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

5.0

If you’ve spoken to me in the last couple weeks, you’ve probably heard me screaming about how much I love this series! I think it’s an absolute CRIME more people aren’t talking about it. I also had the absolute best time buddy reading these with my fave feral five (sorry for imploding the buddy read when I just couldn’t stop reading, whoops).

Mini reviews for each book are below, but the main takeaway: READ THESE BOOKS!

Daughter of Smoke and Bone (4.5 stars): The world building was incredible and the characters pulled me in! Also the ending absolutely BROKE ME into a million pieces.

Days of Blood and Starlight (5 stars): Possibly a hot take but this was my favorite of the series! I absolutely loved it, start to finish, and literally could not put it down.

Dreams of Gods and Monsters (4 stars): An amazing conclusion to an incredible trilogy! It wasn’t my favorite ending and I could probably nitpick a lot of things, but overall SO emotional and captivating!

Night of Cakes and Puppets (5 stars): An absolute DELIGHT of a novella spotlighting Zuzana and Mik, who might be two of my all time favorite secondary characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Sexual violence, Blood, and Death