Reviews tagging 'War'

War by Laura Thalassa

69 reviews

bizarrebookbabe's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

1.0

I don’t even know where to start with this. 

Having this take place in Israel/Palestine and the complete glossing over of the horrific acts that occurs in Palestine made me feel disgusted on so many levels. 

I can look past the crappy and annoying characters, lack of world building, and sh*tty plot holes but what I cannot and will not get over is making a ROMANCE NOVEL based around the horror the people of Palestine have gone through for years.

This has put such a bad taste in my mouth and I don’t even know if I want to continue on with this series. I want to believe the author has changed their views on this since it was originally released in 2019 but I find that highly doubtful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, and War

regent_ace's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

eclecticallyreading's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

3.5

This one I liked more than Pestilence up until the 

pregnancy trope

hit and then it definitely lost me. I feel like there was less theological thinking (a thing I liked in the first one), which was a bummer I would have been interested in more. Overall I thought it was repetitive and I don't know that half of Miriam's escape attempts really did much to move the plot along? Overall it was just fine. Will still probably revisit for an academic project though! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Pregnancy, and War

booklvrkat's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Preferred this one over the first book. War was intense, throughout the story, although his love story was much more redeeming in my mind. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and War

quirkykay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual assault, Vomit, and Pregnancy

shannonreese's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

chelbelle122's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

3.75

If we are ranking Horseman Husband's it's a close call so far

1. Pestilence 
2. War

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

smartcookiesca'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and War

bunnybaby_hop04's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Confinement, Sexism, Xenophobia, and Abandonment

kayceeisbookish's review

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