Reviews tagging 'War'

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

33 reviews

blakelyschmidt's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

Omg! This book was everything! I think I hoped so much for the character’s to achieve their goals that I felt I was in the story! There were times where I was just so sad for Tris that I couldn’t move. There were also times where I felt pure joy and this book brought the best of me into the real world! This book really makes you feel for this characters! This is a must read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Bullying, Death, Grief, Gaslighting, Murder, Torture, War, Gun violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Violence, Abandonment, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, and Sexual content

Do not let how gory it is stop you! You will have to push through a lot of blood and abuse, but I promise it is worth the read!

bri_morgan's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Child death, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Grief, Murder, and Violence

lucille152024's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

Insurgent was amazing, never down time while reading, your constantly engaged and plot twists every chapter, really really good 
100 percent recommend.. a little violence which I skipped a little but plot is great but a little heartbreaking and you really feel like your in the book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Grief, Confinement, and Death

Minor: Blood, War, Gun violence, and Murder

stripy_gloves's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Death, Grief, and Gun violence

alexmall029's review

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Gore, Gun violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

entangled_bookshelf's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• 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: Torture, Violence, and War

lawbooks600's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

Representation: Minor Black character
Score: Seven points out of ten.

It's been so long since I read and enjoyed Divergent and I've been putting this one on hold for a while but now I finally picked up the second instalment in the trilogy, Insurgent and read it. When I finished it, I felt underwhelmed and I hope the final part of the series, Allegiant will be a much needed improvement. It starts (more like continues) with the main character Beatrice Prior now called Tris and I pick up right after the events of the first novel and I meet other characters I've known previously like Tobias/Four and new ones I never heard of up until this point. There is noticeably less action within this novel and the only reason I can think of is that that was to allow for the romance between Tris and Four to develop but here's the thing: I don't mind character dynamics. As long as they have a good execution and the characters are rootable and likable in the first place. However, I thought those two missed the mark in terms of the character writing as I couldn't root for them and I liked Tris in the first part of the series but in this part I felt more disconnected from her and all the other people. At least the ending had more action than the rest of Insurgent and I still hope I will enjoy Allegiant but now I have low expectations for it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, War, and Blood

Full trigger warnings: Gun violence, war themes, physical assault and injury, death of parents and other people in the past, near-death experience, blood depiction

melissageritas's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Drug use

alsoiread's review against another edition

adventurous 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: Child abuse, Violence, Murder, War, Gun violence, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

alexiconic's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.0

This book did too much telling and not enough showing for me. The conflict between Tobias and Tris was forced, unnecessary or predictable, with Tris (who is supposed to be smart!) obnoxiously repeating many of the same mistakes and being surprised when the outcome is, predictably, Not Nice. The author tried to explore the consequences of book 1 - admirable - but I wish she’d show us, somehow, and not rub it in through Tris’ inconsistent internal monologue without exploring the deeper layers. That said, the plot and pacing were great, and the ending worked up to a good climax that still makes me pick up book 3. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, Violence, Toxic relationship, War, Physical abuse, Death, Blood, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture