Reviews tagging 'War'

The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan

70 reviews

dev921's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Medical content, Child death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Death, Colonisation, Mental illness, Deportation, Genocide, Grief, War, Alcoholism, Blood, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

dfrancis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Racism, Violence, Grief, Kidnapping, and War

Moderate: Blood, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Self harm, Torture, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and Slavery

burnourhistory's review against another edition

dark sad 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Child death, Vomit, War, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Infidelity, Slavery, Emotional abuse, and Chronic illness

Minor: Animal death

amberlfaris's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, War, Slavery, Kidnapping, Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Blood

emmaito's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Confinement, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Violence, Addiction, Murder, Infidelity, Abandonment, War, Death, Racism, Alcoholism, Rape, Child death, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, and Colonisation

jillaay_h's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense 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

Graphic: Body shaming, Classism, Racism, Slavery, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Violence, Torture, Child abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, Child death, Grief, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Gore, Blood, and War

emziesreads's review against another edition

informative sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

Within this book, there is an important story to tell. However, I found the execution failed to sustain my interest in the characters and their experiences in Japanese occupied Malaya. While they were supposed to be a family, the perspectives of each family member felt like an individual story. While we know the cruelty of the Japanese occupation,  this seemed to serve as shock value in the book. An ok read that just wasn't for me but maybe for those who are fans of easily digestible romances set during world war 2.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Vomit, War, and Rape

bendercath's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad 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

So beautiful and so sad. I thought that I was done with WWII historical fiction yet I had never read a book set in this part of the world. I learned so much! I look forward to reading more by Vanessa Chan.
The title of the book is so meaningful in multiple ways throughout the story’s development. Again: so beautiful and so sad.
Props to Samantha Tan for an exquisite reading of this book in the audiobook version. Beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence

isahart7's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Kidnapping, Violence, Colonisation, War, Trafficking, Rape, Racism, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, and Sexual violence

scifi_rat's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Grief, Infidelity, Violence, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Confinement, Xenophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Death, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Racism, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Child death, Classism, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Religious bigotry, Torture, Abandonment, and Excrement