Reviews tagging 'War'

The Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

7 reviews

grey_poppy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

3.0

This book was an okay read, but a disappointing conclusion to the series. 

I have always enjoyed the show of consequences to any action/choice, and can even accept the consequences Kelsea is faced with in the conclusion, but the drastic change in characters' personalities/choices, abrupt introduction of convenient powers, discarded side storylines, and holes/imcompletion in the main plot were increadibly frustrating. It really just felt like the author didn't know how to wrap up the story and  patchworked some stuff together, leaving gaping holes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Religious bigotry, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Pedophilia

sparksofkell's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Mental illness, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, and Classism

gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

The Details:
Narrated by Polly Lee
Unabridged 

Even though I only read the last book (both really - in quick succession), last month, I found that there were minute details I had already forgotten. 

Despite this (and the fact that I wasn't properly listening to it all the time - thank you migraine...) I found it to be an entertaining read. I wouldn't necessarily say I enjoyed it... I went into this one knowing I would probably feel unsatisfied by the conclusion and I did, but not really in the way I had expected.
I much more enjoyed how the transition of the timelines blended together. I think it made more sense in the conclusion and seemed a bit more seamless.

I feel like Kelsea got back to herself... Not necessarily her old self - too much of life had been experienced for that - but definitelya self I was my aligned with.

I didn't like the ending. I felt like it was a bit of a cop out and although a unique conclusion than anything I would have thought of, it was one that was unsatisfied and left me with the question of this: what about everyone else?!

The narrator (on normal speed) sounds like a she's documenting a wildlife film, which was, at best amusing, at worse kind of annoying. I sped it up to 3x pretty sharpish.



 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

cmbohn's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? Yes

1.75

I have to agree with others who said what a disappointing ending this was to a truly engaging series. I loved the characters and the development we got to see and then what a letdown in those last 2 chapters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gore

Moderate: Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, War, and Injury/Injury detail

kalmia31's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Slavery, Trafficking, Abortion, Outing, and Abandonment

imds's review against another edition

• 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Slavery, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, and War

Moderate: Death of parent

erinlilym's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Murder, and War

Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism