Reviews tagging 'War'

The Darkest Hour by Erin Hunter

9 reviews

likeagilmoregirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, War, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

minoestrashrat's review

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

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

4.25

The classic ending to the first arc. Reading about Scourge for the first time back in the day must've been crazy for many fans and I understand how his fanon depictions became the way they are. He's such a little edgelord <3

Also,

Tigerstar's death stays horrifying

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, War, Violence, and Animal death

vibingjaren's review

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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I started reading Warriors, as it was a recommendation from a friend. I found this to be a great ending to the first series, and while there were some errors as names being mixed up and typos, I loved it nonetheless. I was surprised by the direction the plot took, but I enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death, War, Grief, Physical abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Blood and Bullying

jasminawithab's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

3.5

love how literally nothing is explained lol. like i know theres a whole prequel series and some standalones that hopefully explain why the clans have to be separate and stuff but its real annoying reading them when you dont have that knowledge cause they could absolutely live in harmony. 

ive complained that firehearts whole thing with spottedleaf felt hella forced and its just even more so in this one.  the whole

“she died before we could confess our feelings” and “im glad she approves of sandstorm cause now i dont have to worry about betraying her” like sir????????? you interacted with her maybe like twice when she was alive??? theres no feelings there wtf are you talking about????? and shes a medicine cat so she isnt even allowed to be with him on the immensely small off chance that she did like him back????

also firehearts mommy issues really just pop off like every time he mentions her ngl

imo the ending felt real anticlimactic? like yea the

battle with bloodclan

was cool, but everything after felt kinda meh.

the redeeming factor was the fact that we got more ravenpaw content and i love that lil man. 

i listened to the audiobook by MacLeod Andrews and he actually meows sometimes and it is actually the funniest thing in existence, 10/10 would highly recommend

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Genocide

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

littlebugg's review

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Blood, Animal death, War, Death, and Violence

Moderate: War and Murder

Minor: Grief

a_wren_that_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, War, Colonisation, Death, Violence, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Ableism

mm1216's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Death, War, Animal death, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent and Vomit

rokinjaguar's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

4.5

The first arc ends on a high note! This book was super good! Still not free of the systematic problems in the series that keep all but the first book from being five stars, but there are some iconic moments that still hold up today, like the scene Firestar, Graystripe, and Ravenpaw witness in RiverClan’s territory and Firestar’s first encounter with Scourge.

Firestar believing the entire past two books that his destiny is to defeat Tigerstar one-on-one, only to witness Tigerstar bleed out nine times at the paws of Scourge is such a cultural reset. Damn, that scene still holds up. Truly legendary moment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: War, Blood, Genocide, Grief, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism and Adult/minor relationship

bookishromantics's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

An excellent conclusion to this arc. All threads are tied up and concluded, and the action is as intense as all the others. This one is more graphic and dark, and personally I wish there had been a longer bit of falling action.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Torture