Reviews tagging 'War'

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

57 reviews

raine83's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative 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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Struggled to finish it but it got better..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Infertility, Mental illness, Stalking, and War

kdailyreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Infidelity, Racial slurs, Self harm, and Sexual content

Minor: Cancer, Infertility, Mental illness, Self harm, Car accident, and War

daisy_w's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

Bad to kill a mockingbird fanfic 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

aveygravey's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Racism and War

Minor: Racial slurs

camoo3032's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.25

The imagery is incredibly beautiful and worth reading for that alone

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, and Injury/Injury detail

bellaiu's review

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I loved this book especially in the first three quarters except for that last quarter of the book where the story was reminded of chase andrews death. I feel like the ending was a bit rushed but meaningful. Reading the courtroom sessions was a DRAG to the point I just skimmed it. The story had a good meaning and the imagery and writing especially in the beginning was so good. My favorite area of the book was her childhood.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Sexism, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, War, and Classism

ell_porritt's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense slow-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

4.5

i always  saw this book in shops and wanted it because the cover was cute but i never enjoyed the sound of the actual story but when i heard it was becoming a movie and miss taylor swift would have a song i was like. yes. so i bought it and i made myself read it and honestly, i loved it.

it was so beautifully written and the things spoken about was so interesting. at first it was hard to enjoy the book as much as i would with others seen as it’s not my typical genre but once the story grew i honestly couldn’t put it down, it took me longer to read because of the language obviously cause it’s like 1952 and all that stuff in America but honestly, was worth the read and i’m extremely excited for the movie now. this book will be one of them books that deserve to be a movie i think, like i have high hopes for it. 

i did cry at the end but that’s because i was attached to kaya by that point and i actually liked her a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, and Racial slurs

Minor: Infertility, Sexual assault, Violence, and War

lindsay424's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.0

I started off not really enjoying this book but was hooked in the second half. I like how the author wrote the book in two ways (jumping between the main character's past and the current time), the parts for the current time made sense as the book went on and the scenes from the past were a contributing factor to this. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and War

thatswhatshanread's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

Wow. This book is such an incredible journey led by perseverance, love, and survival. While it was slow to start, I felt entirely taken in by the story and held in its palms as if I, too, were finding my way through life amongst the marshes of 1960s South Carolina. 

Owens’ writing is poetic and strong, beautiful and sad, honest and rhythmic in a way not often associated with works published in the last ten years. I felt the nuances of Harper Lee coming back to me while reading this one, as Kya’s story of resilience, prejudice, loss, and heartbreak reminded me in ways of “To Kill A Mockingbird”. In both acclaimed novels, there is a clear distinction and cowardice in regards to class and upbringing especially, but also race and education. 

“Where The Crawdads Sing” is first a celebration and clarification of nature and its constants, every little piece of the earth that gives and takes, ebbs and flows. I’ve never before read such lyrical accounts of nature and its secrets. 

But this is also a book about love, how it flourishes and wants and haunts and disappoints and endures. The emotion over rare feathers easily coincides with the years of affection between friends, lovers, family. 

The heavy weight of murder and death hangs over all elements throughout the story, though it never takes away from the poignant, beautiful account of life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Mental illness and War

kansxlibrary's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense

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

4.5

Yes this book has A LOT of trigger warnings- not all of them are graphic. The way the author wrote this book is so captivating and yes I was sitting with my mouth open after I finished the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and War