Reviews tagging 'War'

Mother of Death and Dawn by Carissa Broadbent

39 reviews

mj_86's review against another edition

adventurous slow-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: Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, and Slavery

Minor: Child abuse and Alcohol

openbookheartmind's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and War

jessversteeg's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

Yes. Yes. Yes! This series is like an adult version of Throne of Glads (my fav) with the slavery and slaughter and war and lots of bloody gore, and magic, and fae, and all the things. It’s super creative, multi-POV (by the 3rd book it’s 4 ppl), and definitely super emotional. It didn’t gut me like ToG, but there was definitely great character arcs, surprising turns of events AND a solid ending that gives a picture of life after everything ended. 

People are sleeping on this series. She knows how to make a villain… one that you’re not sure will end up being a villain in the end because you kind of have compassion for them. Are you supposed to root for them or no? For awhile in this book I was kind of like… “ok but who will end up being the villain? Is it who I think it is??” 

IMO, better than her Crowns of Nyaxia series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and War

Minor: Child death

chasinggrace's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

beebowbabe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Death, Gore, Sexual content, and Slavery

Minor: Child death, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

spatterson7's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Genocide, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Dementia, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

ash_ketchup's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, and War

callistag1's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, Medical content, and Classism

Minor: Child death

jcrawford31's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

A cat & mouse war book, different than the rest. I want more of Aefe & Caduan! Also why do we have to hear about "children dying" every 10 pages. We get it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, Islamophobia, Murder, and War

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Cursing

vixairy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, and War

Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexual assault, and Torture

Minor: Pregnancy and Fire/Fire injury