Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Lovely War by Julie Berry

61 reviews

lqvekanej's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Death, War, Racism, Racial slurs, Murder, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Mental illness and Sexual assault

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

sophiegrubben's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

To my dearest sister, who lent me this book: yes I liked it. It's a good book! It just missed that little bit of je ne said quoi. 

I liked and felt the most for the characters that we spent the most time with: Hazel and James. That is not to say I didn't like Aubrey and Collette (although I liked Aubrey a bit more than Collette) but we simply didn't spend as much time with them or their romance. It felt just placed there at times. Hazel and James's story just seemed more fleshed out, more thought out and more lovely put on the page. 

Overall it was a very well written and researched book, but it missed a sprinkle of magic for me, especially in the Aubrey and Collette parts. I wanted more time with them and more care put into their characterisation. But not a bad book at all!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Death, Murder, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Sexual assault, and Gun violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

val_theburrowofstories's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Racism

Moderate: Mental illness, Grief, Violence, Sexual assault, and Gun violence

Minor: Infidelity

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, War, Death, Medical content, Violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Hate crime, and Sexual assault

emmagold21's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Death and Sexual assault

internationalreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Hate crime, Sexual harassment, Blood, War, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Racism, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death, Sexual violence, and Murder

_blueberry's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted sad

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Racism

Moderate: Sexual assault

rafafinhass's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Torture, War, Death, Racial slurs, and Grief

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Mental illness

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

cameronreads's review against another edition

4.0

If you ever read a fiction book about war, let it be this one. The story telling was so clever and interesting, and the book truly captures the horrors of war and racism as well as the wonders of love and music. I did in fact cry. 
Also, the narration of the audiobook was wonderful, with a different narrator for each God. I’d recommend if you like audiobooks!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Racism, Sexual assault, War, Grief, Violence, Gun violence, and Hate crime

Minor: Death of parent, Medical content, Vomit, and Alcohol