Reviews tagging 'War'

A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

13 reviews

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

Spoiler

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: Injury/Injury detail and Torture

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

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexism

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

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

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

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, War, and Torture

rebeccajost'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Gun violence, Body horror, Blood, Murder, War, Violence, Torture, Slavery, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, and Sexism

theslowreadernumber5's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Murder, Slavery, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, War, Alcohol, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Abandonment, Blood, Drug use, and Kidnapping