Reviews tagging 'War'

Girls of Storm and Shadow by Natasha Ngan

35 reviews

amelia52's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I think this book is basically just a set up for the final book in the trilogy. There is conflict between different characters and themselves but everything seems to be solved too easily (just one conversation). I did enjoy it but I hope the next one is better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: War

Vomit

wizard_of_oz's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual assault

jazzle_dazzle's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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, Alcoholism, War, and Murder

hubbahug's review

adventurous dark reflective slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, War, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Addiction, and Toxic relationship

nokvi'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? It's complicated

3.75

As per usual, I give YA books more leniency in rating. Also is everyone in this book queer????? 

Natasha girl that last 30%... SISTER I ATE THAT UP. 

Like the tonal shift from the first book and this one is sort of jarring not going to lie. And it's not to say the premise isn't there, these girls are going from sexual oppression to fighting a war and tyranny. As such the tone should have been maintained but we jump from the consequences of war to dick jokes. Some of the books conflicts didn't even need to occur but sister that last 30 percent and how it ended??? I might as well finish the trilogy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault and Death

Minor: Alcoholism

denee16's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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

5.0

This book and the series so far has been incredibly hard to read. Not because it is bad, quite the opposite actually. This book has made me feel seen in my own journey of healing and dealing with trama. It shows the ugly truth of every topic it covers, but does so with such authenticity it can make it hard to breath. I am enraptured by this book and Natasha's writing. Her imagery is incredible and descriptive and her story is profound.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Blood, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic relationship, Classism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, War, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, and Mental illness

teddy_books's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Alcohol, Violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Slavery, War, and Murder

anais201717's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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? Yes

5.0

Aaaaah I can't with the end

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and War

dokushoka's review

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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Classism, War, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Outing, and Violence

Minor: Confinement, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

the_bookish_rose's review

adventurous dark fast-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? Yes

4.0

I was so stoked to continue the series after the first intro into it, and boy this book did not disappoint. Those there were a bunch of new characters in the cast, I was delighted by some of their humor and personalities and it was so interesting to get more worldbuilding that was vastly different than the first book.

I will say, I wish I could’ve gotten more about the other castes in the society and more than just the “demon” caste and “human” distinctions, and I was grateful this book was beginning to unravel that. 

I also realllllyyy didn’t like introducing Wren’s ex as trying to get back with her- it just felt awkward and threw me off from the story a bit.

Fair warning though: HAVE the third book nearby because that ending definitely slapped me in the face and left me running to get the conclusion to the trilogy. As the author notes at the end, the middle book of a trilogy is always the toughest to read, but this one still kept the story alive and I’m definitely going to continue reading the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, War, Murder, Violence, Self harm, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol