Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The War of Two Queens by Jennifer L. Armentrout

40 reviews

bookishmind_13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, and Classism

nonotyoshi'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

selestre's review against another edition

challenging mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Physical abuse, Medical content, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Grief, Alcohol, and Classism

kdepuy's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, and War

itmakessenseincontext's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I fucking can't oh my god

Yeah um that was a thoroughly enjoyable book. I saw nearly everything coming a mile away but it didn't matter because the journey there was stunning.

JLA is truly at her best with the sweeping grand climatic scenes, and there is plenty of that on display here. 

All the issues I had with this book (and series) come down to the editing. Some of it was grammar, some of it was world building issues. Publishing houses really need to start asking authors 'what level of technological development is this world at?', 'where did the characters get this item?', and 'is current slang applicable to this world?'

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ohgodsash's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and War

abicaro17's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense 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

4.25

holy shit. this was significantly better than the last book! I had my fears but it definitely proved me wrong. Once again this book falls victim to a action packed beginning and end but a relatively boring middle. I think Poppy is wayyy too overpowered in terms of where we started. I will say though between the end, the joining, the Poppy & Castiel reunion, and Tawney I have a lot of positives too. Which is why the book is rated as high as it is. While this book falls victim to a lot of the pitfalls of the 2nd and 3rd book, it is entertaining as hell and FINALLY answers series long questions (despite how ridiculous some answers are). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

cryosphinx's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

This felt like a filler episode. I don't think it was as bad as some people say, I still very much enjoyed it, but it was....odd? The first half was perfectly fine, then the second half slows down a lot but then so much happens in the last 10 pages TOO fast. It also

gets randomly preachy about sexism about who was the truly powerful primal being Seraphena but credit went to Nyktos that was super weird and out of left field.

I still very much enjoy Poppy's journey into finding her strength but at this point, her only flaw is that she gets angry and asks too many questions, which we know already. Casteel really got moved to the backseat in this book, but at least Keiran is here and quickly became my favorite of the trio.  
So yeah it's not great, but it's not horrible and I'm still enjoying reading it and will continue to read but totally understand people giving up or it just not being their cup of tea. It's not as repetative but it's still there, there's still lots of heavy dialogue "telling-not-showing" sections, and randomly modern lingo. Just have the expectation that this is not a amazing piece of literature and have fun.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Minor: Rape

nataliebootlah's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

I was definitely more engaged for this book than the previous one. All of that war and destruction really keeps the pace going strong. 

A lot happened in this one—world building (yes, more of it), war, the desperation of freeing a heartmate, lust, love, and the ongoing battle between mother and daughter. Not only did we get to see POVs from Poppy and Casteel, which was a nice switch up, we also got to see a whole lot more. 

Count me in for the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Violence, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, and Grief

librarybookfamily's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

2.0

Book 4 - solid magic, mystery, war development. Too many steamy scenes that didn’t add anything to the plot. Just felt like they were included to check all the boxes. A lot of drama could be avoided if characters just had the hard discussions. 

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Content Warnings

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