Reviews tagging 'War'

Ruin by John Gwynne

7 reviews

xta_07's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Epic endings and secrets revealed, another fine entry into the John Gwynne catalog.

While I really enjoyed certain plot points, this books pace was extremely slow. But, when this book shines it really shines. All the battles are epic, and I really enjoyed the deepening of Maquin and Fidele's relationship. Speaking of Maquin, can that character just catch a break, please?!

I will return to this series to finish, however, I feel the need to take a break.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Grief

ayoung720's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

Simply amazing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, War, and Death of parent

Moderate: Rape and Animal death

roxy_reads_romance's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Gore, and Death

surdiablo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.0

🤔 Don't have a lot to say this time. I still have my gripes about this series ( yes I know, I have complained plenty about it already! 😂 ), but this was better than Valour. Noticeable issues include spelling/grammar errors here and there, repetitive traveling that can get boring,

villains who survive fatal blows while good guys die one by one ( well, some villains did die around the end but it took long enough.. )

, etc. but eh. I was way more engaged this time and it left me feeling hollow somewhat, which is a good sign. There were twists I didn't anticipate, and some of the emotional moments were written better than before, regardless of the aforementioned complaints. The ending left me with an urge to read the next book soon, and I can't say the issues seriously detracted my enjoyment this time, while the high points were much more impactful so I'm hopeful about the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, and War

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Rape

ripxw's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, War, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Slavery

Minor: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Misogyny

ocean_the_reader's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.5

A lot happened in this book. I loved every bit. 

I do feel there was a bit of too much waiting and build up. And I really didn't like that Corban wasn't apart of what seemed to be final battle.

Still absolutely adore the friendships and closeness of Corban's warband. And I'm really happy that Veradis stood against Calidus and stopped blindly obeying.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Rape

jaedia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Genocide, Excrement, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Grief, Kidnapping, and Medical content