Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon

10 reviews

ayeitsdaye's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

It took longer than I expected to get into this story, considering I came into it knowing it’s a reylo fic. The author’s rich vocabulary bordered on purple prose at times, but overall added depth. 

My biggest complaint would be that Talasyn and Alaric’s POVs, while executed in a way that disrupted continuity the least, I felt like the depth on each side was out of sync? Overall it was worth a read, and I’ll be looking out for the sequel!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, War, and Colonisation

Minor: Pregnancy, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Xenophobia

kiwij96's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Very trope-y but enjoyable slow burn romantasy with good worldbuilding and magic system.

Could easily have been a longer book to develop the magic system a bit better but hopefully the next book will manage that. Gives more of a sci-fi vibe with the worldbuilding including spaceships.

Romance was very slow-burn and I appreciated that.

At times I found it very topical and hard to read as a form of escapism with everything that's going on in the world. This book handles land invasion and genocide and the villains acting like they are the righteous heroes liberating a rogue state.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Violence, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Genocide, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Xenophobia

roseleebooks's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was a solid read for me and I really enjoyed it overall. I wasn't sure going in how much Guanzon's fanfic might play into it and having never read it can say that other than some of the character descriptions and descriptions of the magic system at times I would not have realized that it originated from that.

What I liked: the ambition of the plot. There was a lot happening but it felt cohesive and like it was progressing in a way that made sense. The political aspects were more enjoyable than I would have expected. The tension between Talasyn and Alaric was very well written also. Early in the book I was looking forward to scenes where they interacted. I also really liked listening to this on audiobook. I read some of it in book format but the writing and dialogue really lend themselves well to an audio format.

What I didn't like: sometimes the angst and arguments between Talasyn and Alaric were a little too much for me. And maybe this was because I wasn't quite in the mood to read about that type of relationship.

Also, the earlier parts of the book during the war felt very abrupt and didn't allow us to develop much connection to the events and the side characters.

However, none of this detracted enough from the book to be a big issue enough.

Overall this was an entertaining read and I will be continuing the series with the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Xenophobia, Violence, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, and Cursing

Moderate: Emotional abuse

mels_reading_log's review

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

This is a romantacy book about two shoulders from waring lands. He has shadow powers and she has light powers, they could each be the other’s downfall. But for some reason they can’t convince themselves to cast the death blow. And then they realize they need each other, but can they truly trust each other.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, War, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Abandonment, Pregnancy, and Child abuse

chanlo1994's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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: War

Moderate: Abandonment and Xenophobia

Minor: Death of parent, Classism, and Animal cruelty

maregred's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Colonisation, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

sarahyjackson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.75

It’s a little Star Wars derivative and I could have done with a bit more yearning in the first half BUT the second half was very fun, very spicy!  I feel very invested in the political and personal dramas unfolding and will eager await the next installment. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Death of parent, Violence, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Xenophobia, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

booksemmahasread's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Xenophobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Genocide

soniajoy98's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense medium-paced

• 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Abandonment, War, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Grief, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

black_cat_iiix's review

adventurous dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, War, Colonisation, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Domestic abuse

Minor: Injury/Injury detail