Reviews tagging 'War'

Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender

4 reviews

anarmandameg's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, War, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Death, Murder, Violence, and Blood

megan_martha_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Genocide, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, War, Child abuse, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Blood, Death, Murder, Hate crime, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Gore, Physical abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

meluhnie's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, War, Torture, Child death, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Genocide, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Blood

neighborhoodbeanreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense

• 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

4.75

This book was definitely a challenging read. It makes you question the effect privilege has across communities and shows a character that you aren't sure you want to root for. It challenges the MC’s own motivations (are they in the her best interests, or everyone’s?) and how readers perceive the MC. It highlights the brutality of colonization, slavery, and genocide. It toes the line of unreliable narrator (their perception of their reality may not necessarily be real) and makes reader questioning what is and isn’t reality.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Death, Death of parent, Colonisation, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Murder, Rape, Slavery, War, Blood, and Child death