Reviews tagging 'War'

The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R.M. Romero

17 reviews

shirarweiss's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, War, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Abandonment, and Antisemitism

themargherita_s's review against another edition

4.0

It's not a light read, because of the discussion of generational trauma related to both being Jewish and immigrants, as well as for having a monster that preys on kids. But it was beautifully written and also poetic in a way that makes you feel exactly all the magic of the city and the story itself.

I promise I’m not one of those adults that complain when books for teens read as books for teens— I knew this was a young adult book, but it felt younger than I thought it would be. I think it’s probably because the main character is very naive and trusting, and because even though the story takes place over a lot of days, it’s written in a fast paced way that makes the romantic storyline feel more insta love or superficial than it’s supposed to be.

Content Warnings: death, antisemitism, genocide, war, violence, child abuse, sexual assault, kidnapping/man tricking kids into going home with him, confinement.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Child death, and Genocide

Moderate: Sexual assault, Confinement, Kidnapping, and War

robin_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

This talks a lot about WW2, anti-semitism and child death. I didn’t expect this from a magical realism book, which is on me for not checking content and trigger warnings. It still took away from my reading pleasure. 
It was an interesting prose and way of telling the story. Very romantic and very YA.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gaslighting, Antisemitism, and Death

Moderate: War

stephanielee's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

I was recommended this book and did not pay attention ahead of time that it is written in prose. But I loved it. The story, the characters, the history, all of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Genocide

Moderate: Child death and War

ammah's review against another edition

inspiring 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: War and Genocide

a2_rache11's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Toxic relationship, War, Emotional abuse, Child death, Death, and Grief

leslieklein's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism, Child death, and War

lindsaybarrows's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Antisemitism and War

readingwithkaitlyn's review

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Death, Genocide, Sexual assault, War, and Violence

rynicolereads's review

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Antisemitism, and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping and War