Reviews tagging 'War'

Dear Mrs. Bird by A.J. Pearce

22 reviews

_haggis_'s review against another edition

funny inspiring lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Breezy and heart-warming it was just the thing to get me out of my reading slump. It's a little bit silly but sometimes you just need that. The friendships are wonderful to read about and the characters are lovely if not complex. I particularly enjoyed reading a wwii novel that neither dwelled solely in the darkness nor pretended it was all chummy

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, War, and Injury/Injury detail

phoebemagdalena's review against another edition

emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Death

jojo50's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

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

4.75

I would have given this five stars except that the main character is a bit too much of naive doofus for me and the resolution of the problem is a bit too implausible. Otherwise the characters ary well written and the book is interesting, funny, sometimes exciting. It's a fairly gentle way to show some of the Terrors that British people faced during World War II.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Grief and Fire/Fire injury

atamano's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Infidelity, Xenophobia, Medical content, and Pregnancy

smreads24's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Minor: Death

teacupsandfirereads's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.0

I never thought I'd tag a book set around the war as "lighthearted" but here we are. The premise of this was good, but didn't fully click for me to love and I can:t say why. Maybe it took me longer than needed to get into. The beginning is slow, but it does pick up. I think what it really highlights is friendships and I liked that aspect. It looked at it in many forms. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and War

Moderate: Violence

kairhone's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and War

chemeducator's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Cursing, War, and Injury/Injury detail

byrdy's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad fast-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

4.0

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Even though it is set during a very hard time in history and parts made me cry, I still consider this a cozy book. I think if you like shows like Call the Midwife, you'll probably enjoy this book.

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Content Warnings

Minor: War

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense 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: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail