Reviews tagging 'War'

A History of What Comes Next by Sylvain Neuvel

6 reviews

lanid's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense

• 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Torture, Gore, Death of parent, Murder, Sexism, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: War, Miscarriage, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Self harm, and Genocide

elizabeth_lepore's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, War, Rape, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Child death, Self harm, and Suicide

xosirenox's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.0

I wish I'd recognised the author's name, because I found Sleeping Giants so boring, I could have avoided putting myself through this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Child death, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Rape, Sexism, Violence, War, Abortion, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

asunder's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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, War, Violence, Stalking, and Death

cj13's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Antisemitism, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Murder, War, and Homophobia

eliaa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Alcohol and Blood

Minor: Car accident