Reviews tagging 'War'

Mother of Death and Dawn by Carissa Broadbent

31 reviews

jcrawford31's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

A cat & mouse war book, different than the rest. I want more of Aefe & Caduan! Also why do we have to hear about "children dying" every 10 pages. We get it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Death, Violence, Vomit, Murder, Islamophobia, Gore, War, and Child death

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Cursing

vixairy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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: Slavery, War, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Torture, Death, and Child death

Minor: Pregnancy and Fire/Fire injury

thelibraryskeeper's review

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

It is such a rare thing when the final book in a series exceeds the second. Mother of Death and Dawn was the perfect ending to The War of Lost Hearts Trilogy. The last book set this one up to absolutely soar. It was heartbreaking, it was emotional, it was exciting, and yes- I cried.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Slavery

bookrecsplease's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Genocide, Grief, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Vomit, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, and Trafficking

Minor: Sexual violence and Adult/minor relationship

spicyviolets's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

The strongest book in the series by far. I loved it. Really satisfying growth and endings for all three of our main characters. A few things did resolve a little too simplistically for me though.
Regardless, some really bold choices were made in the story and I always love that. It was a solid series with great characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

elntastic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Slavery, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts

zelle_ash's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-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? No

3.0

I felt relieved after finishing this book. I can now read a different one. 

Almost dnf'd but I kinda liked the plot and the world is great. Good thing I liked the ending. My problem is there's too much happening but no emotional build up with the characters. I haven't feel any attachment to them (except Aefe my girl 😭) and there's not even chemistry between the main characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Rape and Physical abuse

zydecovivo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

Compared to the first two books in the series, this one was much harder to get through, both physically and emotionally. However, that doesn’t make the stories or journey any less interesting. It is everything I ever wanted from Tisaanah and Max, even if the journey was long and brutal. I feel like this series puts ills of the world, like slavery, war, colonization, etc. and puts it in a context that shows it in multiple aspects. And I love seeing the main characters learning about themselves as they navigate these issues. The world feels so full and alive. I’m kind of sad to leave it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Grief, War, Slavery, Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Kidnapping, Gore, Murder, Colonisation, Death of parent, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Animal death, Child death, Alcohol, and Vomit

Minor: Trafficking

sleepyyanna's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

4.75

the editing in this book could be better, but the story and characters are just SO good that i was able to pretty easily look past that!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Torture, Violence, War, Slavery, and Sexual content

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Sexual assault

moanareads's review

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Death, Genocide, and War

Moderate: Murder, Racism, Slavery, Violence, and Torture