Reviews tagging 'War'

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

49 reviews

mandalacb19's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

i adored this book so much. couldn’t put it down and i loved the male love interest more then i do in most stories. overall a modern classic that i would re-read promptly! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Bullying, Violence, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Racism, Murder, War, and Infertility

laurajgx's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Murder, Alcohol, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Addiction, Abandonment, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Physical abuse, War, Stalking, Violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

lapluie8's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense 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

Struggled to finish it but it got better..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Racism, Rape, Abandonment, Cursing, Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcoholism

Minor: Cancer, Stalking, War, Infertility, and Mental illness

kdailyreads's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Classism, Cursing, Death, Abandonment, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

Moderate: Self harm, Infidelity, Racial slurs, and Sexual content

Minor: War, Cancer, Self harm, Car accident, Infertility, and Mental illness

daisy_w's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

Bad to kill a mockingbird fanfic 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Racism, and Child abuse

Moderate: War, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Abandonment

aveygravey's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Racism and War

Minor: Racial slurs

camoo3032's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

The imagery is incredibly beautiful and worth reading for that alone

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Death of parent, Grief, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual content, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Racism, Self harm, and Violence

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, War, Infertility, Blood, Misogyny, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

bellaiu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I loved this book especially in the first three quarters except for that last quarter of the book where the story was reminded of chase andrews death. I feel like the ending was a bit rushed but meaningful. Reading the courtroom sessions was a DRAG to the point I just skimmed it. The story had a good meaning and the imagery and writing especially in the beginning was so good. My favorite area of the book was her childhood.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Violence, Child abuse, and Racism

Minor: Grief, Death of parent, Bullying, Classism, Abandonment, War, Sexism, Hate crime, Drug abuse, and Cursing

ell_porritt's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

i always  saw this book in shops and wanted it because the cover was cute but i never enjoyed the sound of the actual story but when i heard it was becoming a movie and miss taylor swift would have a song i was like. yes. so i bought it and i made myself read it and honestly, i loved it.

it was so beautifully written and the things spoken about was so interesting. at first it was hard to enjoy the book as much as i would with others seen as it’s not my typical genre but once the story grew i honestly couldn’t put it down, it took me longer to read because of the language obviously cause it’s like 1952 and all that stuff in America but honestly, was worth the read and i’m extremely excited for the movie now. this book will be one of them books that deserve to be a movie i think, like i have high hopes for it. 

i did cry at the end but that’s because i was attached to kaya by that point and i actually liked her a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, and Racial slurs

Minor: Infertility, Sexual assault, Violence, and War

lindsay424's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I started off not really enjoying this book but was hooked in the second half. I like how the author wrote the book in two ways (jumping between the main character's past and the current time), the parts for the current time made sense as the book went on and the scenes from the past were a contributing factor to this. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, Violence, Bullying, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, War, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse