Reviews tagging 'War'

The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow

7 reviews

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

3.0

When I was reading the first few chapters of this book, I thought I would like it a lot. The setup and worldbuilding were compeling.

However, by the end, I felt it was too tropey, too focused on romance, and relied too much on deus ex machina

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Violence, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Blood, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Grief, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Cursing, and Child death

Moderate: War, Torture, Racism, Police brutality, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual content

zoepagereader's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Racism, Blood, Body horror, and Classism

bookishmillennial's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad 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? N/A

coming back to write a full review after a recent re-read but CW: for harry potter references !!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Violence, Racism, and War

eh1736's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Racism, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Genocide

POC main character, demi-ace main character, nonbinary side character, chronic illness rep, anxiety rep

caitlink's review

hopeful medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War and Violence

Minor: Racism

tina94's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Confinement, and Excrement

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Body shaming and Chronic illness

kylieqrada's review

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted sad 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

3.0

I really, really, really, really wanted to like this book more than I did. Don't get me wrong, I did like it. I just wanted to LOVE it. And I did not, on the whole. I loved aspects of it: that asexual panromantic rep, those literary references, that plot twist at the end. And the concept is high key intriguing, and I felt like Alechia Dow's writing was CLOSE to doing it for me. But overall it just won't stick in my mind. Morris felt a tad too juvenile for me. I really liked Ellie as a character, and her arc is pretty strong, but I just wanted more from this one. Womp wompppp.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Colonisation, Confinement, Genocide, Xenophobia, War, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child abuse, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts