Reviews tagging 'Death'

War by Laura Thalassa

59 reviews

akleverreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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: Sexual assault, Child death, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Murder, Violence, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Sexual harassment, Rape, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

hanschub's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Sexual content, War, Murder, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual assault and Animal death

happygolucky47's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Death, Death of parent, and Torture

smuttymcbookface's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Although I loved a lot of this, I found it less palatable that Pestilence because Miriam felt too stupid to live a lot of the time (

particularly at the end, where she kills herself to prevent him any pain he might have whilst he removes himself from the trap

).

Beyond that though, I loved the humanisation of everyone: War's transformation felt gradual and believable; the baddies (War's men) had sweetness and bitterness too; and Zara felt nuanced and realistic. I also loved that there was a different setting for this (like there will be in Famine), and how the past conflicts of those areas added to War's power.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Death, Kidnapping, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Pregnancy and Rape

Minor: Child death

cdmkylo's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, Death, Sexual content, and War

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Child death, Death of parent, Vomit, and Pregnancy

trish1993's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-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

5.0

Oh my god these books are so good there were so many times I straight out started tearing up I’m so excited to read the third one

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Rape

lannahreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This book felt like a repeat of Pestilence. Almost the exact same type of story with the same type of characters.  I'm hoping to see more with the next book 🙏🏼

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

queerloras's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.5

Oh my god, I wanted to hate this book so much more than I did. Like, some of the writing was fucking hysterical ("only a woman with a vagina the size of a crater could fit War's cock", anyone?!), and boo to the reforming of the villain (way more attractive as the Horseman, rather than the man), but. I'm now going to read the rest of the series.

Also, the comparisons to Khal Drogo are so it. That's exactly what he's like.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Genocide, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Medical content, Death, Sexual violence, Animal death, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, Deportation, Slavery, Cannibalism, Child death, Colonisation, Murder, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, War, Body horror, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, and Pregnancy

viktoriann's review against another edition

dark hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Blood, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and War

madoav's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

Okay, I liked the premise of this book a bit better than Pestilence, and I didn't think Pestilence was bad! I just found the start to War and Miriam's relationship a bit more easy to grasp than the start of Pestilence and Sara's. I enjoyed this book a lot! I got really annoyed at both Miriam and War at many points in the book, but I especially liked how the two were able to make up, and how War himself actually wanted to make meaningful change. I thought Miriam was a bit needlessly stupid towards the end of the book (the man could heal himself for crying out loud), but I'm glad they got their happy ending. I'm excited to start the third book.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Death, Violence, Child death, and War

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault