Reviews tagging 'War'

Days of Blood & Starlight, by Laini Taylor

25 reviews

refr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

4.5

If you are sensible to s.a. stuff, avoid chapter 71 at all costs. It's been two days and I'm still having trouble falling asleep.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and War

doodeedoda's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Vomit, Violence, Blood, Death, Grief, Murder, Sexual assault, War, and Torture

ashley_elizabeth's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense

4.0

Wow, this was a hard book to read. I certainly did not expect picking up this YA fantasy would mean delving into pain, grief, war, and other terrible things. While a challenging read in many ways, it was also incredibly enthralling and really made me want to keep reading. It's been a long time since a book held my attention in such a manner! I'm very, very interested to see where these various plot points land...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, War, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault

kayelina's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Blood, Sexual violence, Violence, War, Torture, Self harm, and Death

Moderate: War, Suicide, Physical abuse, Genocide, and Rape

Minor: Incest

itisnatal's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexual assault, Death, and Vomit

donatio's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

Writing style was as good as in the first one and I still liked the characters, especially Ziri and Liraz.
Also liked that we finally got to see the way the angels live, since Book 1 was more about the chimaera. 

Spoiler

In the middle, when Karou was on Earth, resurrecting chimaera the pacing felt off, nothing happened for a hundred pages. 
The characters who were introduced newly felt quite forced, even if they played major roles later. Why didn't we hear about Joram's son before Akiva & Co killed him?
I would have also liked a clearer explanation on how the bodies for the resurrections are made do they just appear, or... ?

Solid read, all in all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Misogyny, Violence, War, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Abandonment, Body horror, Genocide, and Medical content

rsavage112's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Vomit, Violence, and War

kirstenf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual assault, Torture, Murder, Grief, Genocide, War, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Slavery, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Islamophobia and Vomit

trolberger_helper's review against another edition

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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, War, and Torture

Moderate: Body horror

lavenderslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad slow-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War and Rape