Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Guerre by Laura Thalassa

42 reviews

beth_waller97's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.0

These books get longer, the smut gets shorter, and the story drags on with absolutely no actual plot other than ‘I’m banging a horseman. Definitely shouldn’t be banging a horseman. Oh fuck, look, here’s the consequences of my actions’ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Pregnancy

xlaurareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad 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? Yes

3.75

based on a friend's review, i anticipated this book to be even better than pestilence's one, but i must admit, to me, it was not as good as the first one. i love love love how the authot takes time to introduce us to the world and describe the state of it - excellent worldbuilding, really. but i also found some info missing, whether intended by the author or not, that is, i wasn't really aware that the phobos riders were humans who actively chose to fight at war's side rather than having risen with him when his time came. however, this exact instance clearly showed how cruel humans have become and once again makes it obvious why god sent the horsemen to destroy humanity altogether. that was really something. i also adored the "the guy falls first" trope because you could really feel how war softened up to miriam over time. nevertheless, i do have extremely conflicted feelings about him...i adored him one minute, then wanted to have him dead the next. i couldn't really wrap my mind about how he could be so utterly cruel and full of hate, but then again, he's war so what would you expect? i did like how he fully surrenderd to miriam near the end of the book but I'm not sure if I'm 100% d'accord with the reasons bc i just don't like the HEA the author used (plus, i didn't like it to have the same HEA in book 1 and 2). the ending was nice and didn't seem as rushed as in book 1 and i loved that we also got some chapters in war's pov near the end. all in all, i enjoyed this book a lot and finished it within two days, but my conflicted feelings aboht war and the fact that the HEA just wasn't too much my thing led me to rate this one with 3.75 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Vomit, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

meggs1005's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Blood, Pregnancy, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault

moonshineforest's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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? Yes

3.5

Half a star off for pregnancy trope :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual violence and Sexual harassment

jlaz_13's review against another edition

challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Confinement, Misogyny, Rape, Slavery, and Gaslighting

wolf013's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Pregnancy and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

rapgamenancyreagan's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Grief, and Pregnancy

zabeishumanish's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

I loved Miriam as a character. When I think of someone able to overcome the apocalypse, she’s the type to survive. 
There were some points of the story that felt incredibly familiar to the first of the series. And at first, I was concerned that the author couldn’t make substantially different storylines when the premise of both book (or the whole series) is the same. My fear was that two stories of Apocalypse Harbingers fallings for women desperate to stop them by any means, couldn’t possibly be unique and interesting. While there were similar elements to the stories, I am happy to say the fear was mostly unfounded. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

sam019's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

5.0

Loved this book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

j_a_s's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

I was about to give this 3 stars because the story felt a little repetitive and predictable in between. Which makes sense because the set up is basically the same in the first book: a horseman comes & the girl tries to stop him. Plus, there were a few moments when I was genuinely annoyed at the protagonist, but after longer consideration, her actions and thoughts made sense and were right for the situation, so I came to terms with her personality.
And THEN I read the ending. I liked the way things were solved. Moreover, despite what I mentioned before, I still love the whole apocalyptic set up and the moral and emotional conflicts that it brings with it.
But what really got me was: THE LAST SENTENCE. It was so fitting. Just the right amount of creepy foreboding. And we all know how hard it is to like the last sentence of a book...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Blood