Reviews tagging 'War'

Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer

16 reviews

martine3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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: Violence, Death, War, and Injury/Injury detail

jessreads17's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

A really engaging read! The character development was nice, and I think the author did an excellent job of depicting the difficulties a country would face during a health crisis, and how it isn’t as simple as a leader just giving people medicine they need to get better. I was pleasantly surprised by how much political intrigue there was. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War and Violence

raineedayreader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Body horror, Classism, and Torture

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Child death, and Excrement

justagrlandherdog's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

I only read this book with the intent of getting it off of my TBR and bookshelf. I regret not reading it sooner. I never wanted to put it down. It was so good even when I thought I saw the twists coming it would throw in another twist to confuse me. I loved Corrick and Tessa’s relationship. Tessa’s relationship with Wes. I immediately need to start the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Alcohol, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent and War

thyroyalreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

littletiramisu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Murder, Torture, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Confinement, Physical abuse, War, and Violence

theteamsreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? No

3.5

A well imagined world with a Robin Hood-esque main character sets off the start of a promising epic fantasy.  When reading this book I found difficulty, at first, with the many locations and side characters to keep track of.  Certain characters I couldn't bond with either.  A sequel is desperately needed to hand, as, by the end of the book, all opinions will be shifted entirely.  Recommend to anyone looking for a Medieval fantasy revolving around disease, high politics, minor romantic tensions and a small flavour of found family.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Police brutality, Torture, and War

Minor: Blood and Excrement

kirstenf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Child death, War, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Terminal illness, Alcohol, and Torture

Minor: Confinement, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Sexual content

bookishgoob's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

My goodness! This book had me so entranced with every page. I loved every moment of it from the robin hood-esque premise to the friends-to-lovers-to-enemies-to-partners-to-friends-to-lovers dynamic between the main characters. I loved that there’s wasn’t many true good guys or bad guys; just people fighting for what they thought was right thinking they were the good guys. The dilemmas the king and the prince faced when it came to the rebels made me so intrigued. seeing things from multiple perspectives was a great choice! I love political intrigue, and this book scratched all of those itches. I highly recommend and I absolutely can not wait for the second book to come out!!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Grief, Murder, Terminal illness, Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, and Classism

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and War