Reviews tagging 'War'

A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir

49 reviews

alexijai98's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

The last 50 pages kept me from giving this 5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

zozoann's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

So much progression happens in this book I almost had a hard time keeping up. I loved it so much and this series is becoming a new top series for me. I loved the new perspective we got and it added so much to the mystery of the plot.

I have so many emotions about Keenan being the nightbringer so much confusion.

overall this book keeps me guessing which I love. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Sexual content

risten's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Misogyny, Excrement, and Vomit

rexpostfacto's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content

c_l_ara's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

lottie1803's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Slavery, Torture, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

cemmalyn12's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Classism

anarmandameg's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

mcire's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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: Death, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Genocide and War

kitsunasaur's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

A little slower than the first, but little to know repeating plot. Fair bit of time jumping and multiple pov makes time irrelevant it seems. Personal issue I found after two books, how do they tell who is Scholar and who is Martial? I’ve hear both races with varying mixes of features. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting, and War

Minor: Child death