Reviews tagging 'War'

Twisted Games by Ana Huang

48 reviews

annikenr's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Death of parent, War

m_antoinette_c's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Genocide, Death of parent, War

sophiagideon's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Misogyny, Violence, Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, War

plsnotanotherdamselindistress's review against another edition

3.0

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

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I liked this story the most out of the book series. 
Sadly the sidecharacters weren't included more but I understand that choice to do it this way. The MCs were complex and I liked the character development of especiall the fMC.

One issue I have with this series is that, to me, it does not fit the genres. It is neither an actual dark romance nor lighthearted fluff...so I always have to be in one specific mood to read them.
The ending seems also kind of rushed, meaning after the climax of the story it was kind of meh were I had hoped for the rest of the puzzle pieces starting to fit in to be more interesting/exciting...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Mental illness, War

literarydd's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: War

wet_towlette's review against another edition

2.25

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I feel very similarly about this book as I did twisted love. Probably because the characters are literally the exact same people 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, War

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

3.5

hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, War, Classism

dani794's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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idk how Bridget hates Alex so much when Rhys is just Alex with different trauma and somehow less fun

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, War

lily_sutton's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Violence, War

pagepixie's review against another edition

3.5

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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So I don’t really know how I got here, reviewing a Twisted novel on a Thursday night. But here I am. 

Okay so this book was a lot of fun. I really did root for Bridget and Rhys from the second the met. It was steamy and fluffy and angsty for sure! 

Rhys is so sexy I could just explode! And I really liked Bridget as a female MC too! 

I don’t know how I feel about the way time progresses in this book. Years and years pass throughout this book, and while it does add to the dynamic of the love story, it just didn’t let me really get connected with the story the way I like to. Time jumps are not my thing in books and this one had them every other page. I would say that the time jumps made it a fast paced book but unfortunately I didn’t get that from it either. I still felt it was a medium paced book. 

And finally, I felt the secrets and palace exploits fell flat. I wasn’t shocked by anything, I didn’t care about anyone besides the main couple because the side characters were not very present or developed. 

Over all I give 3.5 because I love Rhys and Bridget but no one else! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Death of parent, War