Reviews tagging 'Death'

War by Laura Thalassa

72 reviews

kayceeisbookish's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and War

spatterson7's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Gun violence, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

haleydeppert's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

“For your soft heart.” Giggling and kicking my feet. As the second book of the Four Horseman series, War was an entertaining and good read. However, it does not compare at all to the first book, Pestilence. I did not like how easily the main female character, Miriam, gave in to War literally all the time. She knows firsthand the devastating effects of war, and yet, she continued to pleasure him and give herself to him even after he brutally murdered women, children, and families. In Pestilence, I felt that the main character showed much more resistance. I did not like most of the decisions Miriam made throughout the book. Even after he killed off almost an entire camp of people solely to make her watch and punish her, she still does not stand her ground. The first words out of her mouth when she saw him again after this sadistic punishment were, “I missed you.” Seriously? Please, for the love of god, give him hell, girl! She made it way too easy for him. The book was also quite longer than Pestilence and I felt it rather unnecessary. Some parts felt repetitive, but I was still engaged with the story. All of those irritating tidbits aside, I enjoyed this book!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

akleverreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

hanreadssbooks's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death and Sexual assault

happygolucky47's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, and War

smuttymcbookface's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Although I loved a lot of this, I found it less palatable that Pestilence because Miriam felt too stupid to live a lot of the time (

particularly at the end, where she kills herself to prevent him any pain he might have whilst he removes himself from the trap

).

Beyond that though, I loved the humanisation of everyone: War's transformation felt gradual and believable; the baddies (War's men) had sweetness and bitterness too; and Zara felt nuanced and realistic. I also loved that there was a different setting for this (like there will be in Famine), and how the past conflicts of those areas added to War's power.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and War

Moderate: Rape and Pregnancy

Minor: Child death

cdmkylo's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and War

Minor: Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

trish1993's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

Oh my god these books are so good there were so many times I straight out started tearing up I’m so excited to read the third one

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Rape

lannahreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This book felt like a repeat of Pestilence. Almost the exact same type of story with the same type of characters.  I'm hoping to see more with the next book 🙏🏼

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Sexual harassment