Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell

8 reviews

erinbrenner's review

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, War, Colonisation, and Murder

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

bookbelle5_17's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-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

5.0

Review of The Last Kingdom

By: Bernard Cornwell

Uhtred was born a Saxon, but during another one of the many battles with the Danes, Uhtred is taken by Dane Earl Ragnar after his father is killed.  He is raised as a Dane grows to see Ragnar as a father.  King Alfred, a Christian, takes the throne intending to either convert the Danes to Christianity or slaughter.  He meets Uhtred and sees how skilled of warrior he is and wants to use him, but Uhtred is still loyal to the Danes.

Uhtred’s journey was exciting and fascinating as he learns to be a warrior and struggles with identity.  He still wants to claim his home castle Bebbanburg, but he cares for the Danes seeing them as his family.  Later, he ends up having to join Alfred’s army for his own survival.  He stays loyal, but he must make compromises pretending he’s on the Saxon side, particularly because he wants to continue being a warrior.  Cornwell knows how to write a thrilling battle scene.  The scenes were chaotic and bloody, but you can feel Uhtred’s passion for the fight.  I like the relationship between Uhtred and Ragnar.  Ragnar shows compassion for Uhtred and saw something in him, though he could have killed or held him as prisoner.  Cornwell does a wonderful job weaving fiction and actual history.  He leaves a note at the end letting the reader know what parts of history he changed for the narrative and what facts he included. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Religious bigotry, War, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Blood, and Grief

tmickey's review

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Murder, Child death, Violence, War, Alcohol, Blood, Vomit, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Cursing, Excrement, Slavery, Colonisation, and Chronic illness

Minor: Infertility and Pregnancy

lahariel's review

adventurous tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Religious bigotry, Death, Violence, and Death of parent

ruthmoog's review

adventurous informative inspiring mysterious fast-paced

4.75

I've seen the TV series and it was great to jump back into the world with the book. Cornwell's writing is always gripping, though gritty and 'manly', it's enjoyable and fast paced for the number of pages too.
I have never been so tempted to shout "SHIELD WALL!!" along with a book 😎

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Animal death, Religious bigotry, War, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Confinement, Gore, Sexism, and Sexual violence

sheriffseraph's review

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Murder, Religious bigotry, Violence, War, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Cursing, Death of parent, Sexism, and Misogyny

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Miscarriage, and Rape

ran_sophia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

The book has a well-written story, but unfortunately it didn't sit well with me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Cursing, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Misogyny

Minor: Blood, Miscarriage, and Slavery

oliverlang's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, and Violence