Reviews tagging 'War'

The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid

75 reviews

maiadunleavy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Violence, Gore, War, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual content, Grief, and Physical abuse

Minor: Deportation, Bullying, Genocide, and Colonisation

geilie's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Violence, Torture, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Xenophobia, War, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Antisemitism, and Racism

savvy999's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

Exciting, deliberate and powerfully innovated, Ava Reid takes the subjects of storytelling and ethnic, religious, and political tension and creates a narrative  with a powerful moral center and attention to magical and religious elements as multifaceted. A debut to remember. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

kurumipanda's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Gore, Self harm, Racism, Religious bigotry, Animal death, and Antisemitism

Minor: Child abuse

issyfrp99's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, War, Gore, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Antisemitism, Child abuse, and Xenophobia

archaicgambit's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

5.0

This is a heavy book. It is also brilliant. The first person present tense voice is immediate and vivid. Evike’s relationship with Gaspar is one of the best enemies to lovers romance arcs I’ve ever read. The multiculturalism and the cost of the magic was handled deftly. I loved the constant weaving of folktales throughout. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Self harm, Animal cruelty, War, Animal death, Gore, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Grief and Emotional abuse

tinybluepixel's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, War, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

lilbookbee's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Violence, and War

queergoth_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

This was a really great book. It is the kind of thing I absolutely love. I did struggle to get into it a bit but it was worth sticking with because I think that was more due to me than the story. I'll definitely be rereading at some point. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Gore, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Antisemitism, Animal death, and Death of parent

Minor: War and Torture

msradiosilence's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Tldr; I was expecting a lot more, and I feel like the story would’ve benefitted from a slower pace and maybe another book for the second half. There was just a lot all the time, and it smothered what was good. 

Read my full review here: https://www.rainyreader.com/single-post/the-wolf-and-the-woodsman.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, War, Hate crime, Classism, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Violence, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, and Torture