Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Women's War by Jenna Glass

5 reviews

em815ily's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Death, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Rape, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

bookaddictellagershon's review

adventurous dark fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Sexism, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Blood, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Death, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Deportation, Emotional abuse, and Forced institutionalization

pellepanda's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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: Violence, Emotional abuse, Grief, Miscarriage, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Deportation, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Bullying

Moderate: Child death, Classism, and Child abuse

jenna36's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book! It was definitely a slow, politically heavy read, but the writing was fairly simplistic and easy to understand. I actually wish that the author had used a little more subtlety in the dialogue. Often characters would say exactly what they meant with very little to no subtext. Everyone always seemed to understand what everyone else was thinking. That meant that there were not many surprises in the book, although that isn't necessarily a terrible thing (I am a huge critic of the misunderstanding trope). Although that meant that it hit even harder on the rare occasion there was a surprise. I was going to wait a while before moving on to the second book, but after that ending (!!!) I think it is going to be the next book I pick up. I really like all but one of the main characters, so I'm excited to see what happens next. I also believe that a lot of the issues I had will probably get better as the author gains experience writing in this world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Miscarriage, Body horror, Death, Misogyny, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Medical content, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Vomit and Self harm

kayo32's review

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Infertility, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Death, Child abuse, and Blood

Minor: Fatphobia