Reviews tagging 'War'

A Crown This Cold and Heavy by Stacia Stark

11 reviews

katharina90's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

1.5

I think I've lost any and all interest in this series because this book bored me to tears, but I feel like I have to push through and finish this series.

I will say, I did appreciate that the author provided a recap of previous events in the beginning of the book because it was much needed.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and War

one_more_chapter96's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.5

A great next instalment of the series. Super heartbreaking (I cried multiple times), with some good plot twists, decent character development and side plots too, and a great cliffhanger. Some spice mixed in but not detracting from the plot. 

---

Content Warnings

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

nonotyoshi's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

noetical's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Cliffhangers suck!

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

avacyn731's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and War

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.25

I don’t know why I keep reading the books in this series.  They are getting more and more predictable which doesn’t leave much room for enjoyment or entertainment.

---

Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

chanlo1994's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Compared to the first two books, this one didn't get interesting until half way through.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and War

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Rape

doahdancer's review against another edition

adventurous 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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

audreyxgrace's review against another edition

adventurous 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

The first book drew me in and I fell in love with the characters and story line. The second was pretty good and gave more plot and romance ;) but the third book was just so emotionally captivating with the developed relationships, different stories coinciding at once, and the amazing plot. The ending KILLED me knowing I have to wait until May to learn what happens next. Definitely already have it marked on my calendar for the 4th book. I am thoroughly enjoying this series so far! <3

---

Content Warnings

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

maggies's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

3.0

Unfortunately, I think the series is getting weaker. It started off strong but by the end of this third book, I'm just finding it a little tedious. The more I read of the series, I'm also struck by the odd decision to have multi-POV in first person because they honestly read to me like the same person...there's no real variation in the voice. I'll still read book #4, but I'm not particularly excited about it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, and Grief

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, and War