Reviews tagging 'Classism'

The War of Two Queens by Jennifer L. Armentrout

8 reviews

selestre's review against another edition

challenging 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Cursing, Death of parent, Violence, War, Blood, Confinement, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder, Gore, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, and Physical abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Grief, and Classism

itmakessenseincontext's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I fucking can't oh my god

Yeah um that was a thoroughly enjoyable book. I saw nearly everything coming a mile away but it didn't matter because the journey there was stunning.

JLA is truly at her best with the sweeping grand climatic scenes, and there is plenty of that on display here. 

All the issues I had with this book (and series) come down to the editing. Some of it was grammar, some of it was world building issues. Publishing houses really need to start asking authors 'what level of technological development is this world at?', 'where did the characters get this item?', and 'is current slang applicable to this world?'

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Classism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Death of parent, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, and War

abicaro17's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

holy shit. this was significantly better than the last book! I had my fears but it definitely proved me wrong. Once again this book falls victim to a action packed beginning and end but a relatively boring middle. I think Poppy is wayyy too overpowered in terms of where we started. I will say though between the end, the joining, the Poppy & Castiel reunion, and Tawney I have a lot of positives too. Which is why the book is rated as high as it is. While this book falls victim to a lot of the pitfalls of the 2nd and 3rd book, it is entertaining as hell and FINALLY answers series long questions (despite how ridiculous some answers are). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Emotional abuse, Torture, Confinement, Alcohol, Classism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Terminal illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexism, War, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Violence

yarisbooksandbevs'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

3.5

I have to admit I went back and forth with this book. There were some moments I really liked and there were others I was very upset about.

I love Cas. I love Kieran. I love Reaver. There are other characters I love but these are probably my favorites. They’re witty and sarcastic and also loveable. I feel like Poppy really grew throughout this book especially.

I did find it a little irritating that they were overly confident and kept underestimating Isbeth. Her death was satisfying. Go Poppy. I have to say I am so freaking glad we finally got the joining and it was sexual. The joining was definitely spicy but it was also beautiful and sweet. They give me throuple vibes but it’s sweet how much they care for each other

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I do feel like Armentrout does fall into this cycle of repetition that kind of drags on but I really like the actual storyline so I look past the repetitive jokes that have lost their effect and the repetitive info for the general story that I’m really enjoying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Child death, Violence, War, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death and Classism

Minor: Sexism, Alcohol, and Pregnancy

marbeni's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Classism, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

ARE WE GETTING ANOTHER BOOK?!? That is my only thought at the end of this book. I need to know what happens with Cas, Poppy & Kieran. I need closure! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Torture, Violence, Death, Gaslighting, War, Sexual content, Blood, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Classism, Gore, Alcohol, Ableism, Misogyny, and Panic attacks/disorders

jonezzzing's review against another edition

• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Classism, Cursing, Death, Colonisation, Gore, Grief, Sexism, Confinement, War, and Violence

Moderate: Torture

psydneigh's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This book was okay. I noticed that JLA listened to readers and toned down the stabbing comments and questions which I appreciated, but I also felt like all of the characters had the same voice which made it hard to care about the characters as individuals. This is more of a personal problem but all of the chapters were 30+ mins of reading which slowed me down a lot. I couldve powered through this a lot faster if the chapters were half the length even if that meant there were more chapters.

The Joining happened and im conflicted. I wish we got more details in the moment, but overall I was satisfied with it. However, it kind of feels like Kieran is in love with Poppy but the feeling isn’t reciprocated. I feel like this should’ve turned into a throuple more than it did. Also Poppy seems a lot closer to Delano so i kind of felt like he should've bonded with them too.

Ive read most of JLAs works and I think what I’ve ultimately realized is they are better for bingeing once the series is complete than reading as they release, so going forward, I think that is how I will read her books.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism and Confinement