Reviews tagging 'War'

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

101 reviews

eidiya's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Addiction, Body horror, Death, Child death, Colonisation, War, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Xenophobia

fairyollie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

wow. Tasha Suri is a force to be reckoned with here in fiction: her prose is lyrical and stunning; her worlds rich and robust; her characters complex, and I couldn't get enough. I am a big fan of epic fantasy, of complexity, of chaos, of rebellion and revolution, of political intrigue, and especially of sapphic couples, and all of those loves (and more) bloomed abundantly here. beautiful book, just stunning

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Confinement, Misogyny, War, Sexism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Grief, Death, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Child abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

mv_7777's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.25

Some pacing issues, especially with the romance. But overall really well done. Solid worldbuilding, and intriguing main characters. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, and War

sidra's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

There's a tagline for this book about a feminist revolution. It's accurate. I'm not sure I've ever read anything with this many women who eventually decide to take action, damned the consequences of society thinking they have overstepped. These characters have an amount of agency women usually don't have, even in books where readers think highly of the authors. (There is definitely short mentions of extreme violence originating from religion but I don't remember anything sexual and I think the author does an excellent job of not drawing it out.) 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War and Violence

cyoussef11's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-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? Yes

2.0

This book was disappointing for me and honestly confusing in many ways. First, the world building was seriously lacking and it felt like the author just expected you to know certain things already while over explaining other things. The pacing was so slow and the fact that the POV changed every chapter and we got like 15 different character POVs made it feel even slower. You'd finally get to a point and think "oh good something is finally happening," and suddenly you're shifted to a different character's POV in a completely different part of the universe/story and you just have to sit and wait it out. 

I was often confused by the magic system and how things worked or what things were in that regard until many chapters after something was first introduced. 

I did not for a second buy the "romance" between Malini and Priya, there was nothing there and it felt forced and awkward. They spend time in captivity together, the tension is low at best, drags on forever, and then suddenly (3/4 through the book) they're making out in a river? suddenly they're saying "I love you" and then they have to be separated? come on. They never discuss their feelings really before then despite one random and awkward proclamation of "I want you and I can't help it!" and they didn't even discuss that proclamation 💀 

Ultimately I don't think I found a single character likable which was disappointing. I'd heard great things about this book but I had to force myself to finish it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Suicide

sophie42's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense slow-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: Torture, Confinement, Death, War, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Grief, Homophobia, and Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction and Blood

ferlefur's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious tense medium-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

Graphic: Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Confinement

Moderate: Pregnancy, Colonisation, Homophobia, War, and Violence

secretsoup's review against another edition

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Violence, Child death, Confinement, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and War

muffycantread's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.25

Really liked a lot of the writing in this book, it suffers from something a lot of trilogy starters do- which is that it spends a lot of time setting up and world building for the whole scope of the trilogy. Some of the resolutions happen pretty quickly towards the end and the foreshadowing is pretty heavy handed at times. But it's a pretty good read! Just not as satisfying as some other series' starters.

 
Feel like this is good for Kehlani and Kali Uchis fans?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, War, and Sexism

kermitthefrog3000's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.5

I was fully immersed in the Indian inspired world with such complex characters with even more complex relationships. Bhumika was an unexpected stand out POV character for me and the tension and dynamic between Priya and Malini were a highlight of the book. However, I was hooked on the magic system and the relationship these characters had with power both physically and in the form of their values and ideals. Will be jumping into the next book ASAP.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Colonisation

Moderate: War and Murder