Reviews tagging 'War'

Shadow & Flame by Mindee Arnett

7 reviews

readingradie's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I loved this duology and the world it takes place in. My only gripes are

Signe and Dal not getting a happy ending

and how fast paced everything was. I think if this was stretched across 3 to 4 books and learned more about the world I would've loved it more. This book and series was very action/plot based, which isn't bad I enjoyed it, but I would've loved more culture information. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ka_ke's review against another edition

This series could have been a single book. The plot twist is predictable and there’s nothing I loathe more than a character beating themselves up for multiple chapters over the loss of lives when it clearly wasn’t their fault. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Toxic relationship, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Gaslighting

Minor: Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

1.0

I was going to dnf this, but then interesting plot twists happened, so I kept going and then it got bad again, and I just powered through 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

anabelenalonso's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Death, Blood, and War

beyondapage's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture

starlessnights's review

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Torture, Blood, Grief, and Murder

mn0rgan's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? No

3.5

Slower and less captivating than the first book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Animal death