Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Crier's War by Nina Varela

89 reviews

mar's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.5

this book was kinda disappointing ngl but also the total one-sidedness of the enemies-to-lovers of it all was Extremely funny to me. crier was twirling her hair and going 🥺😍 ayla is soooo pretty i wonder if she likes me 🥰🥰🥰 and meanwhile ayla was thinking abt her brutal murder. unintentional comedy gold

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Murder, Death, and Child death

Minor: Sexual content

kassidyreads's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, War, Violence, Grief, and Death

Minor: Sexual content

yasaman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

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

1.0

Although the writing was veryyyyy beautiful and lyrical, the book was boring and could’ve been written in 100 pages.
Nina Varela can write beautifully. I hope she learns how to write plots and twists too.

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Content Warnings

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

ofthewildland's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Grief, Slavery, War, Death, Murder, Death of parent, and Violence

laurbubbles's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, War, Murder, and Gore

Minor: Sexual content

strange_little_ranger's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Genocide, Gore, Violence, War, Classism, Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child death, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, and Slavery

lokiwii's review

emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Death, Grief, Abandonment, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, and Self harm

chelseakirk's review

medium-paced

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

4.0

wish we had more of ayla and crier, but i still adored this book <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Gaslighting, War, Death of parent, and Grief

aftgray's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

This books was beautifully written. I love Nina Varela’s writing style, and I really appreciated that she did not make homophobia prevalent in her book. It was refreshing to read a story about women loving each other and being allowed to love each other. I adored this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

lotten4's review

adventurous hopeful tense fast-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

4.0

An example that shows that fantasy books do not need to be confusing for the first 100 pages

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Blood

Moderate: Death