Reviews tagging 'War'

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

28 reviews

heidipolkissa82's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Blood, Gore, Physical abuse, and War

scam_lark's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Violence, War, Abandonment, Misogyny, Body horror, Blood, and Kidnapping

Minor: Torture, Alcohol, and Murder

unsuccessfulbookclub's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Violence, War, and Confinement

Moderate: Abandonment, Gore, Physical abuse, and Xenophobia

sailorpulsar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Suicide, War, Alcoholism, Ableism, and Homophobia

alouette's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

god. this book made me emotional for sure, but not in all positive ways. some character decisions, especially near the end, just made me angry and felt like a regression. however! i can respect that the author sucked me so far in with their world-building and character's connections that me feeling so intensely about this was a product of fantastic writing. the imagery used to describe this colombian-inspired world was stunning, the magic and history of the world was fascinating, and the questions of morals were thought-provoking. i'm quite excited to see where the story goes from here!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Cursing, and Blood

Moderate: Suicide, War, Sexism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content and Homophobia

beesknees's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

5.0

Black Sun is an epic fantasy that takes place in an incredibly thought out setting. The detail and descriptions of the continent this story takes place on, and the way in which each individual city and location are described with geography and culture is just wonderful. This book was not a mystery, but I was so busily invested reading alongside the characters, that I found myself shocked at the events which unfolded throughout the story. This story does utilize multiple perspectives, but it is done extremely well; there was never a character I was unhappy to read about, and I was always excited or anticipating the next time I'd see each character again. Romance in this book is written with incredible chemistry, which just added to the quality of the book. I am eagerly anticipating the release of book 2 in this series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent, War, and Child abuse

abarnakwn_ourcolourfulpages's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

breadwitchery's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Violence, Suicide, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Child abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Abandonment

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Confinement, and Body horror

Minor: Slavery, Vomit, War, Cursing, and Pregnancy