Reviews tagging 'War'

Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun by Guillermo del Toro, Cornelia Funke

27 reviews

ts_anne13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

Minor: Rape

lish_e's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

 I wanted to read some fantasy, so I picked up this book. At first, I had a hard time getting into it, for some reason. But the second half of the book got better. 
It did a good job at combining the fantasy elements and the war that was going on around Ofelia. The illustrations were also really beautiful.
Overall, it was a solid read.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child death, Pregnancy, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Violence, Gun violence, Medical content, and War

winterteufel's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, and War

jacquelynjoan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

Very nice novelization of the movie. It's YA, definitely not for little kids. Like in the movie the humans are scarier than the fictional monsters. But there are also humans with beautiful, resilient, rebellious souls. A very real fantasy horror.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Torture, Murder, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

Minor: Rape

mari_library's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

God-tier

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Gore, and Torture

Moderate: War

Minor: Child abuse and Medical content

delvie's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

Disclaimer: haven't seen the film. 

It's basically Spanish Spirited Away or Narnia. If you like stories like Fran Bow, The Cruel Prince, and macabre fairytales, this will be right up your alley.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Child death, Child abuse, and Murder

Moderate: War, Violence, and Sexism

Minor: Sexual violence

jadeinksandreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Pans Labyrinth takes us on a journey not that dissimilar to the decent of the maze itself. Ofelia and her mother are taken to live in an old mill with Ofelia’s new step father, a war Captain with a penchant for violence. The mill is located in a mysterious forest which seems to beckon the young heroine as soon as she sets foot outside. Armed with a love of fairytales and adventure, Ofelia soon discovers a secret, and is charged with tasks by the faun of the labyrinth. A perilous and gripping tale. I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t seen the movie first. But to my delight I found reading this macabre story far exceeded my expectations. All familiarity with the works of Del Torro are sure to be found in the book but married with the excellent writing skills of Funke (Inkheart…). This book pieces together the interconnecting fables which guide young Ofelia through her tasks and the history and tragedy tied to everything around her. It is beautifully sad and a most definite recommend to anyone who enjoys the dark and whimsical works Guillermo Del Torro produces. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Violence, and War