Reviews tagging 'War'

Dark Triumph by Robin Lafevers

10 reviews

charlenedotexe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

I really enjoyed the first book, and decided to continue after learning it was a series. Let me tell you, IT WAS SOMETHING.

First sybella is kind of pitying herself because all she’s endured and done, and that people will hate her and that she doesn’t deserve kindness, but as soon as she finds a man she’s all happy and stuff? Like this book was written in 2013 so I get it, but like… she doesn’t need a man, but she says she’d like to be loved at least once in her life so I totally felt that. I also really liked that Beast wasn’t a handsome guy, and is pointed out clearly throughout the book, which definitely differentiates itself from the majority of romance/fiction. I also didn’t expect the mentions of incest in this book. Like I get it was back in the 15th century and during that it might of been more common bc of lack of morals but it was definitely unexpected. The author goes out of her way to make d’Albret VERY and I mean, VERY unlikable.

Over all, this book definitely shows that people can be loved for more than their looks and can come back from their horrible pasts. Everyone is flawed and deserving of love,

except for d’Albret. Fuck that guy.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, War, Death, Incest, Violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Blood, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Sexual assault

sleeping_roses's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Mental illness, Grief, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Child death, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Death, Violence, Rape, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: War, Death of parent, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Torture and Pedophilia

kristinvaldez's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

5.0

This one is so much darker and sadder than the first.  The things Sybella has dealt with her whole life and the journey she is on is a hard one.  

(Sexual abuse is talked about) 
(Suicidal thoughts) 

Beast is my favorite man.  In my mind he isn’t ugly at all because his heart and personality is just the best but the author has stated multiple times that he is ugly ugly lol 
Good thing Sybella prefers toads to princes 😍😩

I just really love this series. This pacing is alot faster. A lot more action. And a lot more drama! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Death, Violence, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

mmefish's review

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

5.0

I must have faith, but having faith is hard, so very much harder than despair.

Stayed up at night twice in a row, teared up a few times. 10/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Incest, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: War, Physical abuse, Animal death, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Rape, Sexual content, Torture, and Physical abuse

themoodreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, War, Blood, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: War, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

katyfortner's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

How do I even start this review.. the heartbreak, the love story, the strong badass female role, and the crushing childhood trauma really took me on the biggest rollercoaster and I loved it. There were parts of this book that once I read it I had to put the book down and just mourn for the character or just digest what I read. I thought I wouldn’t like this book as much as the first since it tells a different character’s story but wow I was wrong. This one is definitely more heartbreaking than the last and I’m sure the next book will be even more so. There are major trigger warnings for this book.

There are major trigger warnings for this book like incest, rape, child death, suicide attempt, suicidal thoughts, blood, murder, and more. It completely caught me by surprise that she had several cases of rape and incest that she had to endure. I don’t think I could have handled it at all. Also, the fact that she finally met someone that let her have an escape from her terrible reality and got pregnant and had a daughter just for her father to kill it in front of her. I was crying for her during that part. I could not even imagine the pain and suffering she had to go through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Child death, War, Violence, Torture, Murder, Cursing, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Rape, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Death, Death of parent, and Incest

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Abortion and Infertility

evarinyah's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Rape

Minor: War and Injury/Injury detail

kassidyreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Murder, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, and Incest

Minor: Suicide attempt, Animal death, and Infertility

salixia_the_elixir's review against another edition

dark tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, Confinement, Violence, Blood, Child death, Physical abuse, Death, Gore, Incest, and Sexual assault

Minor: Pregnancy, Infertility, Infidelity, and War

godswarriorgirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

5.0

It’s as if the author knew that I found the romance to be lacking in the first book. That’s why she gave us the incredible pairing of Sybella and Beast. I loved these two characters separately in the first book, and I loved them even more together in this one. I like how the story continues through each character, showing different perspectives while allowing us to learn more about the world of Mortain’s daughters and the Saints that dwell in Brittany. Overall, this is one of those sequels that surpassed its predecessor while still building on the world it created.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Sexual assault