Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

The Battle Drum by Saara El-Arifi

2 reviews

porcupine_girl's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Ableism, Genocide, Alcohol, Gore, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Classism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, Body horror, Cursing, Alcoholism, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Medical content, Torture, Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, Abandonment, Medical trauma, Murder, and Police brutality

Moderate: Addiction, Toxic relationship, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual content, Infidelity, and Animal death

nefariousbee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

how does it keep getting better. this is genuinely my favourite fantasy series, maybe ever. so excited for the final book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Rape, Self harm, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Confinement, Grief, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Genocide, Infidelity, and Kidnapping