Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Lovely War by Julie Berry

39 reviews

juanat77's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Violence, Gore, Alcohol, Hate crime, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Racism, Blood, Death, War, Abandonment, Body horror, Bullying, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Sexism

slahlum's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual assault, War, Grief, Death, Gore, Medical content, Torture, Blood, Racial slurs, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

marioosa517's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, War, Racism, Hate crime, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Murder, Sexual violence, and Medical content

Minor: Mental illness

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Death, War, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Racism, and Violence

aplain's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Racism, Child death, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Death, Racial slurs, Death of parent, and Gore

Minor: Cursing and Sexual assault

jelliclecax's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful slow-paced

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

4.0

Warm and lovely! A perfect February read, even though I read it in January. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, War, Death, Violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Racial slurs, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

shayna14's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

this book caught me by surprise bc i don't like reading abt wars, but the greek mythology definitely made up for it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Medical content, War, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Misogyny, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Cursing, Grief, and Hate crime

Moderate: Police brutality and Slavery

asagetheskater's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

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

4.75

I love that the Greek gods narrated this book. Julie Berrys does a great job of making you feel like you are actually there, in France. James’ and Hazel’s relationship is so perfect 🫶😭😍
And Aubrey and collette add the right amount of history to the book.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Death

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Rape

lrose02's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I will have to say the last 100 pages of this book flew by as I was determined to know the characters fate. I am definitely happy with the ending. I loved the portrayal of all the gods. Aphrodite was so complex and I can definitely see her reflected in the two main female protagonists. I loved the female friendship between Hazel and Colette. I was slightly underwhelmed when James and Aubrey finally met but I do think the author sums it up in a perfect sentence. Ares is an ick but he is in a perfect position to be a morally grey character in a story cantered around a world war. Hades is treated so respectfully and the deaths are written so beautifully. I love the interaction between Aphrodite and Hades after the train. This book time far too long to finish but once I picked it up again I haven’t put it down. One of the best mythology retellings I’ve ever read and a beautiful romance. All of the POVs felt balanced and the emotional moments really hit home. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Racism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, and Murder

bessadams's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Racism, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Sexual assault, Medical content, and Death of parent