Reviews tagging 'War'

Threads That Bind by Kika Hatzopoulou

21 reviews

kirstenf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Xenophobia, Murder, War, and Classism

Minor: Bullying, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

olive_lol's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Police brutality, and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Death of parent, and War

creolelitbelle's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.75

A world of people descended from the Greek gods with powers of them sounded so intriguing. I do wish a chart was included with a book making each otherborn, the god they come from, and their powers. As it was, I tabbed so much of that information in the book.

Events of the novel all occurred over the course of only a few days, which feels jarring considering all that happened. Io deals with her family drama and fate thread all while trying to solve the murders of people from the Silts, her home. I love how diverse the powers and characters are, but more communication between sisters and others could positively serve the story with still propelling the plot forward. Bianca is a fascinating...antagonist? Rival? Ally? I'm very curious to see how dynamics between various characters play out in book two. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, War, and Classism

Minor: Death of parent

beucleral's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, and War

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Slavery

natraf_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Magic, fates, gods, and so much more! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, and War

withlivjones's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Such an exciting read! I really enjoyed a lot of things about this book: the worldbuilding, the effortless diversity in the characters and in the ancient religions the worldbuilding draws from, and the relationships between the characters - particularly the complex relationships between the Ora sisters. The romance was very YA, I’m really not a fan of the ‘fated mates’ trope but there were definitely some sweet moments, and I liked the depth to both Io’s and Edei’s characters. The plot twists were fantastic and I’m looking forward to seeing where the story goes next! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and War

luverbyrd's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and War

Minor: Death and Classism

mollieweitzman's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

3.5

I spent so much of this book confused hahaha 🫢 maybe it would’ve been a good audiobook. This would be GREAT for fans of Lore by Alexandra Bracken it really gives me so many of the same vibes but with a greater mystery element. There was just so many words, so much world building and history and so many twists that I don’t even know what happened. But at the same time some of the big reveals were guessable? I want to read the next book because this had a lot of heart and a lot of potential I simply just need it to be explained more throughly 😂 and in less words 

ALSO the toxic sister relationship hit wayyyy too close to home omfg

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, and War

Moderate: Blood

rexpostfacto's review against another edition

4.5

I got really mad at the end before I realized it was a series 😆

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Xenophobia, and War

andtheywereroommates's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Blood, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Transphobia