Reviews tagging 'War'

Dear Mrs. Bird by A.J. Pearce

20 reviews

jojo50's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

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

4.75

I would have given this five stars except that the main character is a bit too much of naive doofus for me and the resolution of the problem is a bit too implausible. Otherwise the characters ary well written and the book is interesting, funny, sometimes exciting. It's a fairly gentle way to show some of the Terrors that British people faced during World War II.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Grief

atamano's review

emotional medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Classism, and Grief

Minor: Pregnancy, Xenophobia, Medical content, and Infidelity

smreads24's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Minor: Death

teacupsandfirereads's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.0

I never thought I'd tag a book set around the war as "lighthearted" but here we are. The premise of this was good, but didn't fully click for me to love and I can:t say why. Maybe it took me longer than needed to get into. The beginning is slow, but it does pick up. I think what it really highlights is friendships and I liked that aspect. It looked at it in many forms. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Violence

kairhone's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

chemeducator's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, and War

byrdy's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

4.0

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Even though it is set during a very hard time in history and parts made me cry, I still consider this a cozy book. I think if you like shows like Call the Midwife, you'll probably enjoy this book.

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Content Warnings

Minor: War

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense 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: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexism

kellyreadingbooks's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.0

This book was pretty good! I don't think anything about it will stick with me, but it was a very lighthearted read. So many conflicts seemed like non-conflicts, even for the time period it was written in. Our main character wasn't the brightest in the box but it did make her loveable if not a bit frustrating haha! If the synopsis grabs you, and you need something that's light/feel-good in a WW2 Hallmark movie type of way, I'd pick this one up! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, War, and Death

sophiegs's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War and Death