Reviews tagging 'War'

War by Laura Thalassa

54 reviews

kemikorosu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child death and War

mayawata_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Sexual harassment

happygolucky47's review

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

aahrobot's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.5

I really enjoyed Pestilence, so I was quite excited to read War. This one was pretty decent; I’m still excited to read the last two in the series. I enjoyed the main characters pretty well, too. Overall, a good book. Personally, I am not super into fantasy, but I’m trying! And this series has been a great stepping stone for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Grief, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Death of parent, Rape, Xenophobia, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Sexual content, Vomit, and War

Moderate: Pregnancy

rubyreader25's review

adventurous dark emotional funny sad fast-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

5.0

This book was amazing the romance between the two main characters flowed easier than the first book and happened much quicker like they both knew they were meant to be from the very beginning War was savagely sweet and sexy so far he’s my favorite horsemen 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and War

Read your trigger warnings before continuing The SA Does not occur between the two love interests

bedtimesandbooks's review

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Murder, Child death, War, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Rape

smuttymcbookface's review

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

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

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

pbandjane_library's review

adventurous emotional 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

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Sexual harassment and War