Reviews tagging 'War'

The Mask Falling by Samantha Shannon

9 reviews

chasinggrace's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I can’t even breathe rn

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

brotestantethic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.5

OMG, brutal. For this to be the last installment thus far, it ends on the biggest cliffhanger. Shannon pulls the same flowery, beautiful language present in The Song Rising and places it here. These last two books have focused most deeply on Paige’s character development, as she feels Paige Mahoney disappearing into the Black Moth. This is deepened by Paige’s trauma with the waterboard, which in turn affects how she experiences several of the challenges present here. A half star off just because, like The Song Rising, this was a bit harder to follow than the first two installments. I like that lots happens, but it starts to get confusing in the middle.

Oh, and “Overture” destroyed me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Trafficking, and War

pandapuffs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Violence

Moderate: War

barda's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

A spectacular, incredibly romantic book. Even if the cliffhanger is the worst and makes me cry.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Grief, and War

julienicole1106's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

jem_carstairs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

I love this series. I love this book. But that ending has me fucked up.

I will never be over Didion Waite saving the day. Of all the people- Didion Waite. Not the most shocking part of the book, but the only one I am willing to confront :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Torture, Violence, and War

Minor: Sexual content

grets_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, and Trafficking

Minor: Infidelity, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

lauramcc7'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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexual content

bennispizza's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Trafficking

Minor: Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Alcohol