Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

84 reviews

amy_q13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, War, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Classism, Alcoholism, and Addiction

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Physical abuse, and Vomit

amy_in_the_city's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I loved the epistolary elements of this book, and the writing was absolutely beautiful! The love story felt very Pride & Prejudice-inspired. I liked the setting, but I thought there could have been a bit more worldbuilding. The fantasy elements (other than the magic typewriters and Kitt's magic house) felt too abstract. I don't feel like I got a good sense of the gods and the monsters, but I'm assuming that will be explored more in the sequel. Still, for most of the book, I felt like I was just reading a WWI historical novel instead of a different fantasy world inspired by WWI. I didn't understand the main characters' decision to

stay and defend the town even though they were not soldiers and had no fighting training or equipment. They didn't accomplish anything at all by staying, so the decision felt contrived for plot reasons.

. Another thing that seemed contrived for plot reasons is

Forest not revealing himself sooner and instead deciding that waiting to kidnap Iris during battle was the best course of action.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, War, Grief, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Classism, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual content and Stalking

readingduckling's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

The book is beautifully written but extremely sad an I would recommend to check trigger warnings and maybe being in a stable headspace and maybe already own the second book so you can continue reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, Violence, Medical content, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death of parent, Misogyny, and Classism

Minor: Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, and Fire/Fire injury

kathleencoughlin's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and War

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, and Classism

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-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? No

4.5

Cute story and my only complaint is I wish the gods and world were fleshed out more. Hopefully the next book goes into more detail about those things. I liked all the characters and the pacing was good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Death

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Sexual content

almendraa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Ha sido una lectura exquisita.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death of parent, Blood, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Classism and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Sexual content

picaresquedreamer's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Child death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Gaslighting, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Death of parent, Death, and Alcoholism

Minor: Sexual content

cait's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Slavery, Violence, War, Alcohol, Classism, Medical content, Gore, Gun violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Death, and Death of parent

sierrabowers's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I thought this was a good book! I will definitely be reading the second one and I’m excited to see the world building and character development changes in the second as well. I only rated 4 stars because I feel like the “hidden identity enemies to lovers” trope is overused at this point but it was still a good book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Death of parent, War, Medical content, Blood, Classism, Genocide, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Sexual content, Vomit, and Violence

kades26's review against another edition

emotional hopeful slow-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

3.75

This started off like a very light, cute story with a harsh, scary something looming over it. The "something" is dealt with in the last 5ish chapters of the book. Felt slow and then all of a sudden very fast. Not rushing to go read the second one but will get there eventually.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Alcoholism

Moderate: Grief, Alcohol, Violence, Medical content, Death, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Minor: Classism