Reviews tagging 'War'

Godslayers by Zoe Hana Mikuta

28 reviews

abookwormspov's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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, War, Gun violence, Murder, and Suicide

salemander's review against another edition

5.0

“Is it not so much easier to love when you know how it feels?” 
this book fucking broke me. I will be billing the author for my therapy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Gaslighting, Suicide, and Grief

pixelpigeon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I LOVED THIS DUOLOGY. The twists! The turns! I never knew what was coming next!! Sona and Eris' love for each other is so sweet. Jenny is a stone cold badass, and I loved her relationship with Zamaya. I also thought the platonic relationship between Sona and Enyo was really sweet and complex.

I read the ebook versions from the library but I just purchased physical copies so I can have these books forever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content and Suicide

Minor: Death of parent

gimmiiie's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Religious bigotry, Suicide, and War

magnus_w_d_locke's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, War, Violence, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

Minor: Torture

antonique_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, War, Child death, Murder, Violence, and Suicide

mothie_girlie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Emotional abuse, War, and Blood

Moderate: Medical trauma

thaliareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.0

Gearbreakers was a no-brainer 5 star for me, but for some reason, I struggled through Godslayers. I'm not sure if I wasn't as invested once I got through the cliff-hanger left by the first book or if it was the fact I had to speed up the audio book to finish it in time with my library check out, or even the fact that I was not feeling well and probably didn't have full brain operation to comprehend, but it just didn't click in the same way. However, I still enjoyed the book when I finished it, and I loved the characters. I think I'll have to re-read this at some point and read the physical book instead of listening to the audio so that I fully absorb all of the content. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence, War, Suicide, and Torture

Minor: Confinement

Overall, this book does deal with the overall themes of trying to finish a war, and with that there is all varieties of violence and some more graphically described injuries. Minor spoiler, less so after the content of the first book:

The first part of the book starts with Sona in control of the enemy again. While she's not technically held captive she still very much is. This time the torture morphed more from physical into the mental. Those around her were trying to completely change the way her past was described and how she saw the family she came to love.

. There is one big spoiler that has to due with the appearance of suicide. I'll include it here in case it helps to know what to expect:

At the end, the Zenith does jump out of a window, killing themselves. It is quick, and not graphic, but it is a poignant moment.

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alouette's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.25

not as good as book 1 if i'm being perfectly honest, but still action-packed and exciting with plenty more of that awesome world-building. the side characters got more fleshed out while Eris and Sona fell a little bit more flat in this one, which really was a shame. i understand that they already had the "falling in love" part of their story but the synopsis really hyped up Sona's corruption to be a bigger, more irreversible deal than it was. this didn't feel as intricately plotted as the first book BUT it was still a great conclusion and i'm glad there were some happy endings to be found in all the war and loss. 

and i even took pleasure in some of the supposedly sad endings! sona's love for enyo sat wrong with me for a lot of scenes so the turn it took for them was a relief to me lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Blood, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Religious bigotry

autumnrevisited's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.75

I loved the first Gearbreakers so much and this was a very good addition to that story. It closed up a lot of the intentional loose ends while still leaving room for the world to expand in itself. It also showed the world of Godalia in a way that more expansive than the first book. My only critique would be it did some time jumps that, while necessary, made the flow stumble a little. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, War, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Murder, Abandonment, Blood, Child death, and Grief