Reviews tagging 'War'

Kushiel's Avatar by Jacqueline Carey

4 reviews

hippievamp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Blood, Rape, Confinement, Child abuse, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Slavery, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Torture, Grief, Animal cruelty, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore, Alcohol, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Genocide, Medical content, and War

ambientdusk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, War, Blood, Child abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Trafficking, and Addiction

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Self harm

meganphilippa's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Torture, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

parthenogenetics's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

if you got this far you're going to like this one. in the middle it seems like there are going to be two disparate halves... there are, but Carey makes it work

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Slavery

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Torture, Trafficking, and War