Reviews tagging 'War'

Dark Age by Pierce Brown

47 reviews

boomwormbrittany's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

Dark Age is the fifth book in the Red Rising Saga by Pierce Brown. The first book, Red Rising follows a man named Darrow who is living in a society dictated by color. He is a Red, considered the lowest class and is thought to be terraforming Mars for human occupation. But when Darrow's wife is killed and his world is shattered, he finds that everything is not as it seems.
I love the Red Rising series by Pierce Brown so much. I read the first book around the time the second one came out and I fell in love with the writing and the world. This book wasn't any different. 
It had been awhile since I read the last book in this series so it took me a bit to get back into the world and the characters but when I was back in, I was hooked. This book is huge but it's so packed full of action both physically and politically. We follow characters from the original series and some new ones and I love all of them.
The world in this series just keeps expanding and I love learning more about it. We get to know more about the other color classes and their people's beliefs. I love the cast of characters we have and how they are all so different and distinct from each other. 
This book had several moments where I gasped out loud and some that even made me cry. There was two particular deaths in this that really got to me. 
Overall, I am so excited (and a little scared) to see what Pierce Brown has in store for the next books in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Child death, and Violence

surbhi_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Genocide, Death, Incest, Racism, War, and Gore

therensistance's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, Vomit, Classism, Death, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Violence, War, Torture, Gun violence, Blood, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Incest, Sexual violence, Addiction, Cursing, Rape, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, and Drug use

marareading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

Wow. If you liked the series so far for the unpredictable alliances, the absolutely BRUTAL combat, the sheer humanity of war and compassion laid bare, then you will definitely love this one as well. 

We still follow our Howlers, the republic, the rim, the Vox, and every other group queueing for control and power. Learning more secrets, and following multiple perspectives. 

This is an insanely dark book, with the true depths of war. Every trigger possible is in this book, so check them of needed. 

Once again I found myself tearing up, freezing in shock, standing to cheer, and filled with rage. I am so attached to these characters. The absolutely brilliant writing makes me have empathy and feel depth for even the most henous of characters. I sometimes forget they aren't real...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Trafficking, Violence, Vomit, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Cannibalism, Child death, Confinement, Sexual content, Terminal illness, War, Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Torture, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Kidnapping, and Medical content

mschnad's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, and Violence

habitualrereader's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I swear each book is better than the last, though Dark Age broke my heart over and over.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Child death, and War

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Death, Slavery, and Sexual violence

izzy_reads's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, War, Child death, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Incest