Reviews tagging 'War'

De hombres a monstruos by Patrick Ness

18 reviews

whtbout2ndbrkfst's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Xenophobia, and Violence

romance_slut89's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Physical abuse, and War

ironhorse19's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Simply an incredible book series. Holds you by the throat until you get to the last page.
It's a deep dive into the human reality and themes of innocence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Animal death, and Death

lizzieuch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, and War

brookebatesratesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Animal death

abigailhaagen's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.0

This one wasn't great. The first book in the series was so good, and the next was ok, but this one was hard to finish. It was super slow, had little or no characterization, had bland writing, and didn't have a satisfying ending. The characters claimed to have morals but were just selfish brats. I didn't care for anyone, and the stakes, despite technically being high, didn't feel high at all. A lot of out-of-character choices were made too. It was a struggle, and I didn't enjoy reading it or the outcome of the trilogy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Torture, Racism, Misogyny, Body horror, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, War, Violence, Genocide, Grief, Sexism, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, and Police brutality

eloise__'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful reflective tense

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

2.5

Quite infuriating at times although overall a pretty satisfying ending for the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, War, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, and Violence

Moderate: Murder and Suicide

Minor: Slavery and Misogyny

sneha_m's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Genocide, Murder, War, and Suicide

andreapap15's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.5

felt like it strayed from the initial gender essentialism and went full steam ahead on the horrors of war while trying to make nazi mayor the tiniest bit redeemable... Still had some really interesting elements about the spackle and the whole voice of the planet which could have been expanded more on, instead of a few hundred pages about bombings and rifles.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Gun violence

Minor: Animal death

vodnik's review against another edition

dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, and Death