Reviews tagging 'War'

Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher

176 reviews

felishacb's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

Gwen & Art is a modern, queer retelling of King Arthur of Camelot including Guinevere (Gwen) and Merlin with a new knight (Bridget) and sidekicks. This YA story was quick-paced and fun. I really liked the story and all of the characters. 

I also liked the reminder (through a revelation in the story) that queer people have existed forever, even if they weren't allowed to live their lives openly and that we have the power to change the future for others to be able to live as themselves.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, War, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Vomit

quinnpjd930's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Blood, Violence, Lesbophobia, Hate crime, Vomit, Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Cursing

tays_books's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Cursing, Death of parent, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Vomit, Lesbophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, and Homophobia

Minor: Emotional abuse

vagaybond's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

giggling blushing twirling my hair kicking my feet copypasta

I mean to be clear some bad stuff happens but mostly I feel love for my gays

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Alcohol, Gore, War, Medical content, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Cursing

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Kidnapping, and Sexism

On page murder of the father of two main characters in a battle scene near the end.

There's some internalized homophobia in Gabe that he sort of extends to his sister, but it's acknowledged as projection and is something he works through.

hmatt's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

This is such a fun Arthurian exploration. I found it both age-appropriate for YA and supremely entertaining to me, which is kind of a feat. The characters are nuanced and loveable, and it's silly at times but the heavier plot points are handled appropriately as well.

My biggest gripe is with the narrator for Art's perspective, who seems not to have understood the tone of anything they were reading. Inflection is completely missed. This really got in the way, for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Emotional abuse, Grief, War, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Vomit, Homophobia, and Misogyny

mels_reading_log's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

This book was so good!! I really enjoyed how sweet, funny and sarcastic all the characters are. Gwen and Art have been betrothed since toddlerhood, but on top of the fact that they hate each other, they each are playing for different teams. When they figure out each other’s secrets they work together to help each other catch the attention of the people they actually want.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, War, Homophobia, Death, Grief, Murder, Violence, Death of parent, Medical content, and Misogyny

frannook's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective 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? N/A

5.0

HOLY SMOKES. THE DRAMA, THE PINING, THE FRIENDSHIP AND CHIVALRY!!!!
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN MY WHOLE LIFE.

More coherent thoughts coming tomorrow!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, War, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

grace_b_3's review

emotional lighthearted 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia and Injury/Injury detail

dinosaurari's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, War, Hate crime, Homophobia, Blood, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism and Emotional abuse

Minor: Body horror and Child abuse

taylorthewitch's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, War, and Blood

Moderate: Homophobia and Vomit