Reviews tagging 'War'

The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman

18 reviews

jessthanthree's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Suicide, Torture, Religious bigotry, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cultural appropriation, and War

Minor: Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

quironimpromptu's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Violence

Minor: War

teri_b's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective fast-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

Reading/Listening to The Subtle Knife for the second time made me love this book even more.

It holds so much depth and raises so many question.

It is truly one of the books I feel everybody should read at some point in their lives.

Loved the rendition of the author as narrator and a full cast for the various voices. Very well done and an absolute joy to listen.

I got my copy from the local library, and am ever so thankful for them for having such wonderful books available.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Physical abuse, Grief, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent

beca_reads's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.0

I ended up not finishing this book, it goes on for way to long and I found it oddly confusing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

melancholymegs's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, and War

Moderate: Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture, Medical content, and Murder

zombiezami's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cursing and War

Saneism

cana_merula's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

The second book in this series takes the story to higher stakes. I love how the universe got expanded through the connection of the different worlds. The different plots were all interesting, even though some were more slow paced. The last two chapter broke my heart and this was the first in some time that I cried because of a book. I think that shows the writing skills of Philip Pullman and I knew this would be quite dark for a children's book, but I still wished for a more hopefull ending. But definitifly worth the read and I'm excited for the last one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: War

paduckling's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

Minor: Car accident