Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Guerra by Laura Thalassa

41 reviews

nerdishreader's review against another edition

adventurous funny sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Yea so no. This left a bitter taste in my mouth, especially given everything Palestinian people have been going through for decades. Like girl you could've at least pretended to give some semblance of a flying fuck about Palestinian people and write a heartfelt dedication to them. And why do I feel like if I research this author all I'd find is problematic shit.

The plot was promising but fell short with the whole push and pull that happened for over 60% of the book. Though i liked the fact that War remained headstrong in his decision and "cause" (which was actually pointless and not explained well but I digress). The pacing was fine until the

pregnancy

which, the trope was fine but everything was rushed and boring from then. And I hated the whole "you must surrender to me" bit because hello???

AND OH MY GOSHHH THE WRITING. There were multiple moments where I considered DNFing because of the cringe. I'm very picky with writing and how things are depicted and this just wasn't it. 

"Holy balls!" "Holy fucking balls!" the constant use of "BOOM" to signify the detonation of bombs. Are you a child? Where's the creativity?

And that ending like girl if you knew he was incapable of dying why in the flying fuck would you risk the lives of you and your child to "save" him. HE WAS FINE. And spoiler alert! She killed them both. He had to bargain with his brother to bring them back to life.

And it's hinted throughout the book that she misses her family and she hoped that her mother and sister were at least alive- they were separated while trying to flee and her father was killed when the first horseman showed up. 

War even stated that he'd like to help her find her family if in fact they were alive. So to jump years into the future when she, War and their daughter randomly show up on her mom's doorstep is..... lazy? boring? disappointing? a choice? especially when loss of family is a major theme in this book. 

And don't even get me started on that reunion. Like this man was literally part of the cause of the Genocide of your people, caused you to be separated from your daughter for years, your husband was killed and you just accepted him into family within 5 minutes of meeting him? LAZY WRITING.

This should've all happened over the span of at least 5 chapters not 5 paragraphs (an exaggeration).

Overall - ★★

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Gore, Sexual assault, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

regent_ace's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

quirkykay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault, Vomit, and Pregnancy

shannonreese's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

chelbelle122's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

3.75

If we are ranking Horseman Husband's it's a close call so far

1. Pestilence 
2. War

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

bunnybaby_hop04's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Confinement, Sexism, Xenophobia, and Abandonment

kayceeisbookish's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and War

spatterson7's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Gun violence, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

haleydeppert's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

“For your soft heart.” Giggling and kicking my feet. As the second book of the Four Horseman series, War was an entertaining and good read. However, it does not compare at all to the first book, Pestilence. I did not like how easily the main female character, Miriam, gave in to War literally all the time. She knows firsthand the devastating effects of war, and yet, she continued to pleasure him and give herself to him even after he brutally murdered women, children, and families. In Pestilence, I felt that the main character showed much more resistance. I did not like most of the decisions Miriam made throughout the book. Even after he killed off almost an entire camp of people solely to make her watch and punish her, she still does not stand her ground. The first words out of her mouth when she saw him again after this sadistic punishment were, “I missed you.” Seriously? Please, for the love of god, give him hell, girl! She made it way too easy for him. The book was also quite longer than Pestilence and I felt it rather unnecessary. Some parts felt repetitive, but I was still engaged with the story. All of those irritating tidbits aside, I enjoyed this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

hanschub's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death and Sexual assault