Reviews tagging 'War'

Die Knochen Schiffe by RJ Barker

14 reviews

kastix's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

browncoat4720's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death and Sexism

Child sacrifice implied but not shown. Author does a good job giving you just enough information to know what happened but not explicitly describing it.

rheagoveas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Violence, Blood, and War

diredreamings's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

Very slow start, only picks up in the last third of the book but that last part is compelling enough to make me want to continue the series.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and War

Minor: Child death

Nearly all first born children are sacrificed to their goddess for good fortune and the health of their ships, warring countries take each others children prisoner and sacrifice them to avoid having to sacrifice more of their own. Their bodies are used as lights indicating the health of the ships. Not explicit but continuously referenced.

kylieqrada's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

My brain is just a pile of goo at this point in my pregnancy, but even though this took me altogether too long to read, I enjoyed it. The first section was a tad confusing due to the worldbuilding, but I ended up loving it. I'm curious to see where the discussion of gender goes in the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Rape, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

_forestofpages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and War

Moderate: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

drace556's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Classism

Minor: Sexual assault and Fire/Fire injury

kira_miller's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.5

Really enjoyed this book! The world building was incredible, with all kinds of animals, plants, systems, titles, etc all new to the reader! Absolute need more dark, high fantasy pirate books like The Bone Ships. I was a little confused towards the beginning due to the unfamiliarity of the world, but as the book continued I began to get a better understand of everything. I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys fantasy, especially books on the darker side of the genre!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, War, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit, Grief, and Alcohol

totallyshelfaware's review against another edition

adventurous 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: Ableism

Moderate: Child death, Death, and War

emilb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: War