Reviews tagging 'War'

The Curator by Owen King

9 reviews

baileyes's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.0

A well written book but not my type and wish I’d read some content warnings for the casual horror that’s mixed in

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide

booksemmahasread's review against another edition

mysterious sad 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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Death, and War

Moderate: Classism and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Child death, Grief, Infidelity, and Suicide attempt

bugle's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, Death, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Animal death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, War, Sexual content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gore, and Death of parent

Minor: Fatphobia, Infidelity, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

rebelscum's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

This book has an intriguing story but it's oh so slow. Still, I found it compelling enough to finally finish it and was quite satisfied with the ending. Worth a read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Gun violence

Moderate: Torture

powellki's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

I wanted more about the cats and their secret communes of meeting in the abandoned theater. Not whatever this mess was. I read it... but I still couldn't tell you what it was about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Racism, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Forced institutionalization, War, Alcoholism, Classism, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Addiction, Bullying, Animal death, Body horror, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Violence, Stalking, Murder, and Mental illness

scienceoftrash's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

1.0

It’s not about cats. The cats are basically scenery. It’s so slow, and the characters are flat with little/no growth. If you’re looking for something to test your patience, this is it. You wait and wait while nothing happens for 200 pages and then -bam- it’s over, you get a couple plot points wrapped up (kind of), and you still don’t get the whole cat thing.  I’m just thankful I borrowed it from the library and didn’t pay for it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Murder, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Misogyny, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Abandonment, Torture, and War

Minor: Suicide and Alcoholism

ashtheaudiomancer's review

4.25

Very good, but a lot of detail, and a bit confusing. You really need to pay attention with your whole brain to get what's going on. I'm not a huge fan of literary anything, particularly literary fantasy, but this is one of the better ones.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Police brutality, and Torture

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Terminal illness, and Animal death

chris_reads's review against another edition

dark inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Vivid and detailed world building. Strong social commentary/political intrigue. Great tension. Characters were charming but not great. Intriguing if convoluted prose (comes across much better on audio I believe.) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Classism, Murder, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Suicide, Trafficking, and War

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual content, Blood, Excrement, Gore, Gun violence, and Misogyny

Minor: Alcohol, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Animal death, and Forced institutionalization

julesleigh's review

There were a couple of instances where I wanted to shut this book off, and I know that I probably should have sooner. But once they joked about sexual assault that was it for me. That is nothing to joke about even if the character is despicable. It's horrible and gross and detrimental to people reading this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Drug use, Police brutality, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, War, Sexual assault, Ableism, Animal death, Addiction, Chronic illness, Confinement, Alcoholism, and Death

Don't bother reading this book. It was slow as hell to begin with and not that interesting. I mainly was listening because I started it and wanted to finish it and see where it went, but now I will not be finishing it nor will I be reading anything else from Owen King.