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Wütender Sturm by Victoria Aveyard

16 reviews

christygsp's review against another edition

3.0

Book 1 was Court Politics 

Book 2 was Rebel Politics 

Book 3 was Prisoner Politics 

Book 4 was War politics

We finally made it to the end (if you don’t count the mish mash follow up of Broken Throne.. which I don’t - at least for now). 

This was the longest book by far, and the one that was the least interesting for me. Politics of three nations/groups all battling in secret and in the open, with personal stakes and grudges… it was quite dull. Outside of the scenes where people were actually using their abilities, I found myself feeling scenes drag on way too long, and things were quite convoluted. 

Real world politics does have run in a similar way from my understanding, but I think this kind of a story is not where my interest lies. Give me the action scenes with way less back and forth and I would have been happier. 

Having said that, I think it was a true to story and character ending. Drawn out, but oddly satisfying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, and Gaslighting

Minor: Pregnancy and Alcohol

aammeess'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

mbrogs2024's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Sexual content, Slavery, Vomit, and Lesbophobia

livaausma's review against another edition

challenging tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Emotional abuse, Grief, and Lesbophobia

lawbooks600's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

3.0

Representation: N/A
Score: Five out of ten.

What a disappointment. Again...

I'm done with Victoria Aveyard. I picked War Storm up to finish the Red Queen tetralogy or quartet, but I headed in with low expectations after being underwhelmed by Glass Sword and King's Cage. Red Queen was enjoyable--how could Aveyard fall this far?  The series could've been so much better, but it was dreadful instead.

It starts (more like finishes) with Mare, who needs no introduction, Cal and Maven, all living separate lives. At least there's a map now, but anyway. The novel starts off slow and continues its pace after Cal betrays Mare by joining the Silver side, leaving Mare to fight for the Red side with other characters. War Storm didn't need to be above 650 pages when it could be shrunk to 100 or less, especially considering Glass Sword and King's Cage suffered from the same issue, meaning Aveyard didn't rectify that. The worldbuilding was lacklustre as usual as Aveyard did not answer some questions I had, not to mention the absurd number of unnecessary subplots detracting from War Storm. The characters are hard to connect or relate with, and the plot goes on and on. The climax is ironically anticlimactic as only one character died in the big battle, Maven, finishing War Storm on a low note.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Full trigger warnings: Military violence and war themes, blood, grief and loss depiction, physical assault and injury, death

ashleysager's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Mental illness

stitchof's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

emjspeaks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense 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

4.75

I’ve blazed through this series so far, and I’ve loved the inner monologue of several (what I would consider) main characters. It gives us as. Readers an opportunity to understand how the diverse group of people driving this story see the world around them. This also helps with world building. There’s also just enough of relatable emotions to keep a reader engaged in the psychology of their individual personalities. Truly, one of my favorite series so far. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Blood

Minor: Grief and Injury/Injury detail

amanda_reads13's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail