Reviews tagging 'War'

Una magia más oscura by V.E. Schwab

25 reviews

meetmeinheaven's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

What a masterpiece…V.E Schwab never disappoints and this is one as well. 
I will jump straight into the next book, but before i leave to the world of Londons i have to say a bit more. 
This story is addictinggg ahhhhh…
I loved the slight banter between our two main characters and i loved the world building. It is such a unique concept of traveling and magic.
I have to say in the beginning i was sometimes not really sure,where i was but with time it got better and more destinctive.
Loooooovveed this book!

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Content Warnings

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

veronicabaily's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and War

Minor: Rape

ninkendo64's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

okay. But like. Lila is also obviously an Antari, right? Her human parents just assumed her eye died or something and had it removed when she was young, right?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Minor: Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

sirenricobooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death

books_and_rainydays's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I love Schwab's writing style and perspective but with this book (and especially in the ending) I felt that it was a little bit too rushed. I felt like somethings were just thrown into the story for the sake of the plot without the reader really understanding where they came from and how they are related to what happened before.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

chronicacademia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Kidnapping

cc2018's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Classism

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War

zannayo's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This book was written well enough and had a lot of potential. I liked it less as I kept reading it though, most of the characters grated on me quite a bit. I'm a sucker for meaningful bonds between characters and there just wasn't any of that here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism

shelbywhite's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, and War