Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

16 reviews

jackbifrost's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Death, and Genocide

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Xenophobia, Alcohol, and Fire/Fire injury

effys's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.0

I really enjoyed this book, it took me a while to get through as this hasn’t been my month for reading but I loved every second of it. It got into the action pretty quickly and kept you curious about what was next throughout. I think it also showed how different types of people would react in this kind of scenario and how peoples reactions effected the way things happened. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Death, and Genocide

michayla13's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, and Alcohol

thelunarmouse's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War

anjasshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Genocide, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Blood

lilifane's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Considering the time this was written in, I appreciate the author's imagination. And I generally like stories in which a character goes on a journey and witnesses things/meets people along the way. Especially if it's tied in with a catastrophic event everyone is experiencing. And this would have been terrifying and emotional ... if I liked the writing. I just didn't. So I really loved the idea but the reading experience wasn't great. I'm glad I finally read it, though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, and Violence