Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Crier's War by Nina Varela

54 reviews

cheeky_biscuits's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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: Drug use, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Murder, War, Violence, Child abuse, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Blood, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Misogyny, Classism, Alcohol, and Sexual content

Minor: Confinement and Dysphoria

cinnamonandpancakes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

I'm never usually a 'love at first sight' kind of reader, but this was combined with such a heady mix of star-crossed lovers and enemies-to-lovers that I think my entire brain chemistry has been rewritten.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Classism, and Child death

mar's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.5

this book was kinda disappointing ngl but also the total one-sidedness of the enemies-to-lovers of it all was Extremely funny to me. crier was twirling her hair and going 🥺😍 ayla is soooo pretty i wonder if she likes me 🥰🥰🥰 and meanwhile ayla was thinking abt her brutal murder. unintentional comedy gold

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Murder, Death, and Child death

Minor: Sexual content

kassidyreads's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, War, Violence, Grief, and Death

Minor: Sexual content

vaniavela's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted 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: Death, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

ofthewildland's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense slow-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: Blood, Cursing, Grief, Slavery, War, Death, Murder, Death of parent, and Violence

strange_little_ranger's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Genocide, Gore, Violence, War, Classism, Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child death, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, and Slavery

lokiwii's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Death, Grief, Abandonment, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, and Self harm

bookcrushin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

I enjoyed this story, but have to admit it took me like 50% to care about it at all...but I love sci-fi & especially queer scifi and I also own them - so I was determined to finish. Sometimes, its me and not the book...hoping book 2 gets it going quicker. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Death, and Grief

chelseakirk's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.0

wish we had more of ayla and crier, but i still adored this book <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Gaslighting, War, Death of parent, and Grief