Reviews tagging 'War'

The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu

27 reviews

bluejay21's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, and Deportation

kendal_reads's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, War, Murder, Colonisation, and Death

macliffe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-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

A really good book overall. I felt immersed in the world and very attached to some of the characters. The reason I marked it down was just because sometimes the world building was just a little too vast for me. The were so many locations and they’d get conquered by this person or that person so it was really hard to keep track of (I didn’t have access to a map which did not help. I would suggest reading the physical book of this and not listening to it on audio like I did just so it’s easier to keep things straight). I couldn’t tell a lot of the side characters apart from each other. I had other little nitpicks which bumped it down to a 3.5 for me, but I did always enjoy it overall. It did a great job of immersing me every time I picked it up again and I always wanted to keep reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Misogyny, Torture, Infertility, Sexism, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Suicide, War, Murder, Gore, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual content and Child abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty, Blood, and Pregnancy

noellelovesbooks's review against another edition

 Content Warnings: violence, war themes, blood, gore, suicide, death, sexism, racism, death of loved one[s],

This is an incredible novel that shows so many complex characters. It has such a vast world that leaves you desperately wanting to explore more of it.

The book seemed quite daunting when I tried reading the physical copy. I think I kept letting the size of the book and the small print intimidate me...so I switched over to my ereader and stopped stressing. I'm so glad that I didn't end up DNF-ing and was able to fully experience the ups and downs in this amazing story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, War, Murder, Animal death, Violence, Child death, and Death

aweekinthelife's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.25

picked this up on recommendation and i'm committing to continuing the rest of the series. took about 25% to feel like anything was happening at all but even then the whole book felt like setup for the rest of the series to me. the characters are fairly lovable but the pacing is a little unpredictable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

larsen1191's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Misogyny

blubonby's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Slavery

nquinlan's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Suicide, Violence, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Torture, Animal death, Sexual violence, Rape, and Infidelity

Minor: Trafficking, Infertility, and Death of parent

inlibrisveritas's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Suicide

sabrinz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

3.75

I really enjoyed this book - even if it took me ages to finish. It was more circumstances that kept me from reading more than me not wanting to.
For everyone wanting to read this, this book is best suited when you have time to read for longer periods of time. If you read it chapter by chapter with even some days between chapters, you might lose some of the connections that are woven in the different chapters and that tie the different characters together.

It's a brilliant book about friendship and how things are perceived, but also how you go about doing things.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexism, Suicide, Blood, Death, Grief, Murder, War, and Violence