Reviews tagging 'War'

Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff

69 reviews

kinley28's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Addiction, Sexual content, Violence, and Gore

jesicaj's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, Gore, Violence, Death, Cursing, and War

taryn_g's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Murder, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Blood

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Addiction, Cursing, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Pregnancy, Outing, Self harm, and Vomit

andromeda_1998's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Sexism, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Torture, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Grief, Sexual content, Violence, Body horror, Child death, Drug use, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Physical abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, War, Animal death, Classism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Genocide

alanis_thespookyreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Grief, Animal death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Cursing, Misogyny, Murder, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Violence, War, Blood, and Body horror

sandrae04's review

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexism, Violence, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Blood, Child death, Homophobia, Addiction, Grief, and Animal death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death of parent, Torture, War, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, and Drug use

unavezmas's review against another edition

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

2.5

I am torn on this one. There were parts that are just top notch and there are parts that are meh.

Gabriel is a good protagonist. I mean he is a bastard who would do whatever it takes to protect his loved ones. And he *knows* he is an asshole and accepts it. And that's super rare.

Also I might be wrong but god why it was nececary to include "girl who dresses like a boy" bec it's safer... And nobody asked pronouns of the person in question... 😐

The idea that vampires are evil because the can do *whatever they want with no consequence* not any magical shinnanigans. Grey Wardens 😍😍😍

Also a man who hates everyone but his boyfriend 😍😍😍🏳️‍🌈

P. S. I know this review is a mess.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism

Minor: Pregnancy and War

ainaruizdegauna's review against another edition

The book feels like it was written by a man with extreme misogyny starting by the worldbuilding.

Vampires and humans can only have sons who have to fight for the church.

All of the female characters I've read so far are extremely sexualised and viewed through the female gaze in the most utilitarian way. I looked for reviews to see if it got any better, but the only people who seemed to notice this were extremely upset by it and said they hated the book. 
Another awful point is the underage characters. Not necessary and totally disgusting. 
Furthermore, I can't relate to the main character. He is arrogant and the bad version of a sadboy. 
This was the first book I ever read by this author and I don't think I will read any of his work. Total disappointment. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexism, Violence, and Adult/minor relationship

clairew97's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Ableism, Animal death, Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Abandonment, Bullying, Cannibalism, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Torture, Alcoholism, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Violence, and War

cc0906's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Child death, War, Bullying, Slavery, Torture, Cursing, Confinement, Gore, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Death, and Alcoholism