Reviews tagging 'War'

The Elite by Kiera Cass

52 reviews

kaylurzz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-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

2.0

I'm dizzy at how much America was going back and forth between Maxon and Aspen.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, War, and Classism

Moderate: Miscarriage

justcallmeemily's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Blood, and War

Minor: Miscarriage

luvlynk's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-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

I think this deserves the 5/5, it has both the Marlee caning and the marks on maxons back that he took for America

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, and War

tania_mybookishsecret's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Death and War

helenafaustina's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

1.25

America Singer is insufferable. She just follows emotions without thinking. That's literally the whole book. So read this if you want a girl flip-flopping around about what she feels.

I was holding out hope for Maxon, but he disappointed me so much. Boo. Marlee disappointed me too. She did wrong, even if her sentence was harsh. Aspen is still a jerk.

The only character I like at this point is the queen and we probably only got one paragraph of her. The maids are still really nice, too.

Also, what is going on with palace security??? They can afford so much luxury, yet they apparently can't find a way to keep someone from breaking into the palace every two seconds. Not to mention we have the world's best detective team here who clearly is figuring out what the rebels want. (Spoiler, THEY STINK AT DETECTIVE WORK.)

I usually try to find nice things to say about books I have negative reviews about but I can't for this. It's false romance, predictable, annoying and uninspiring. And I hate that I need to know what happens to these characters. 😂 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Blood, Medical content, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Minor: Miscarriage, Mass/school shootings, and War

The Lord's name is taken in vain a couple times. Minor swear words are used.

isabelleroyall's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, and Classism

Minor: Body shaming, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

stagemanaginger's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

Probably my least favorite of the Selection books. I'm over Aspen and I am generally team Maxon, but this book was so wishy washy about what the right choice was. Love triangles can be fun, but this was a little too back and forth. Loved America in the first book, but lost some interest in her after this book. Still fun and worth reading overall though.

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: War and Classism

rafacolog's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

2.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Blood, and War

mrsalexisrjones's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-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

4.5

Book two is down to the six girls on this royal dystopian bachelor show. But does America even want the prince? Does she want the crown?

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Miscarriage and Rape

abigailhaagen's review against another edition

4.0

Slightly more annoyed at the characters in this one because they got mad over simple misunderstandings, but I still devoured this story.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Classism

Minor: War