Reviews tagging 'War'

Traitor to the Throne by Alwyn Hamilton

5 reviews

rafacolog's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Death, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, and Violence

adamparrishlover's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

i’ve never consumed anything that used confinement as a plot device so perfectly as this book. like did she spent 400 pages as a prisoner? yeah she did, but i was eating it up!! like there was never a part that bored me at all 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Blood, Violence, War, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Rape and Bullying

Minor: Infertility, Vomit, and Body horror

esme_may's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.0

Starts slow but gets really good after the first hundred pages. I hope we get to hear more from the Sultan (he’s such an interesting villain and reading about him up close, as a person with his own outlook instead of an evil figure, worked so well) and find out what Armani’s mother wished for

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Trafficking, Death, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Misogyny, Blood, Violence, Confinement, Pregnancy, Torture, and War

Minor: Physical abuse, Alcohol, Medical content, Murder, Xenophobia, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Sexual content

imds's review against another edition

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Body horror, Confinement, Sexism, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: War

Minor: Abortion and Death of parent

mypatronusisajedi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, and Death