Reviews tagging 'War'

The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn

80 reviews

mtnest's review

adventurous challenging sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, War, and Gun violence

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, and Sexual content

Minor: Racism, Rape, and Vomit

stampest's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gun violence, Violence, and War

Moderate: Gore and Sexual assault

Minor: Sexism and Sexual harassment

genieoneil's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Minor: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Blood, Genocide, and Racial slurs

mrspelladvm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and War

gloriazthompson's review against another edition

reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Based on a real woman Soviet sniper during the war. This was a fun one! The author’s note at the end added points to it for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, War, and Murder

rachschmitz9's review

adventurous emotional reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Injury/Injury detail

jenabest's review

adventurous tense fast-paced

5.0

Well, this will be a great book club discussion!
Much like the author's note at the end, I had not heard of Lyudmila Pavlichenko (though the name Lady Death felt familiar). This was amazingly well done and a story I had not heard. Brava! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War

i_write_on_occasion's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

A great story, but is unfortunately a somewhat inaccurate representation of Mila as a person.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Medical content

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Gun violence

Minor: Pregnancy

medmiston's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, and War

bedtimesandbooks's review

dark hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Blood, Gun violence, Stalking, War, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Medical trauma, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Rape and Abandonment

Minor: Racism