Reviews tagging 'War'

The Children of Gods and Fighting Men by Shauna Lawless

7 reviews

anxious_undertaker'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, and War

dogearedbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, Misogyny, Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Slavery

Moderate: Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, and Suicide

ayoung720's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

A really fun book which mixes history and fantasy beautifully, I think Lawless does a really good job blending the two genres into a very coherent story. My only slight nit-pick would be that the cast of characters is huge for a ~400 page book,  sometimes making it hard to keep track of everyone, but overall it was a very solid read. Can't wait to get book 2 soon! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: War, Sexual violence, and Slavery

booksandteatime's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Murder, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, Death, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Rape, and War

valpuri's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexism, War, Murder, Ableism, Abandonment, Animal death, Sexual content, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Child death, and Suicide

Minor: Incest and Gaslighting

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Death, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Medical content, and War

bettysbookishworld's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Blood, Murder, Violence, Grief, War, and Misogyny

Moderate: Suicide, Torture, Sexism, and Slavery

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, and Child death