Reviews tagging 'War'

La reina de los condenados by Anne Rice

5 reviews

bolivianrash's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Genocide, Grief, Dysphoria, Murder, Slavery, Toxic relationship, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Cannibalism

Minor: Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Sexism, Misogyny, Body horror, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, and Child death

jelliestars's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Blood, Body horror, Death, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Torture, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Incest, Sexism, Genocide, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Colonisation, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Mass/school shootings, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Abortion, Car accident, Gun violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Chronic illness, Excrement, Hate crime, Slavery, Xenophobia, Medical content, Racism, War, and Suicidal thoughts

jackbifrost's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Slavery, Cannibalism, Toxic relationship, Death, Genocide, Grief, Racism, War, Classism, Colonisation, Kidnapping, and Misogyny

Moderate: Rape and Addiction

Minor: Abortion

amotoquinha's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Colonisation, Body horror, Cannibalism, Violence, Toxic relationship, Genocide, Blood, Drug abuse, Death, Racism, Mental illness, War, and Emotional abuse

super_panda's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

2.25

This is an okay, albeit somewhat long, continuation of the vampire chronicles. However, it has passages that are so sexist that it becomes difficult to continue. I'm not sure what's worse; reading the dialog of this character or having their views go unchallenged. Also has racist undertones. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Murder, and Sexism

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Rape, and War

Minor: Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Slavery, Torture, and Toxic relationship