Reviews tagging 'War'

In The Ravenous Dark by A.M. Strickland

7 reviews

nicjmorrow's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Honestly loved this. Cool magic system, political drama, world War, lots of queer diversity that's beautifully written and powerful women. There is a lot of character death. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Death of parent, and Blood

Minor: Sexual violence, Vomit, War, and Sexual assault

gummifrog's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted 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

This book had a kind of slow start for me, but by the end of it I was literally crying and squealing and hugging the book haha. It's a really fun, vaguely ancient Greece inspired fantasy that focuses on some unique ideas bases around the dead, the afterlife, and magic systems rooted in these systems. 

The plot felt like the author had SUCH a good idea, and then structured all of her mystery reveals around the world building, which is such a great way to organically introduce your otherworldly fantasy. I loved the characters and their diverse identity expression and exploration of self. 

And -- I picked up this book really hoping it would turn out this way -- the romance is poly with ZERO toxicity or jealous involved!! There's even an ace/aro character involved in the polycule! I never gets to see such a thing explicitly represented in romance, SO this was very exciting for me. 

This was a really unique NA fantasy and I highly recommend it for anyone who is looking for something a bit darker and off the beaten path!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Transphobia, and Sexism

Minor: Sexual assault and War

moonchild_cos's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Violence, Murder, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, Grief, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, and Misogyny

Minor: Cursing, Rape, Acephobia/Arophobia, Sexual assault, Vomit, War, Suicide, and Infidelity

drupelets's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

I enjoyed this read but honestly I would call this more of a NA book than YA book just given the demographic of the characters and also how graphic the scenes can get. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Body horror, and Gore

Moderate: Suicide, Vomit, Alcoholism, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Grief, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, War, Confinement, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Rape, and Physical abuse

Minor: Antisemitism

in chapter 31 a character says they "didn't know they were walking into a canal" (or something along those lines) & I think that Jewish readers may want a heads up because it was a pretty unexpected antisemitic phrasing?

gmalmquist's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, War, and Emotional abuse

mprincessjerica23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Torture, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, and War

switchywitchsitch's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Alcohol, Violence, Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Child death

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide, War, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape