Reviews tagging 'War'

The Iron Flower by Laurie Forest

11 reviews

petra333's review

dark sad tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Deportation

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Minor: Vomit and Alcohol

kassidyreads's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Sexism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

sophierosemaria's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

Dark girlypop Harry Potter 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Classism

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual violence, Violence, and War

sarahbholm's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

I loved this one but this gets further into the things that happened in the first one and has a very early Holocaust feel from the Gardnierians

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death and War

r_clark's review

adventurous challenging 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, Racism, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and War

geenahnola's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Suicide, Religious bigotry, and War

crystalsparkles's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Racism, Rape, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Suicide attempt

jla's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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

This book made me so emotional.  It was a tough read. I just need Elryn to belong somewhere. It dragged for a bit around 60-70%.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Torture, Religious bigotry, Murder, and War

melchncookies's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

This is a really great series. I only wish the phrase “Oh Holy One” wasn’t in every other paragraph. That’s my only thumbs down in the series so far. I question whether the almost sex scenes are actually YA appropriate, but I’m not a parent. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Colonisation, Classism, and Deportation

Moderate: Addiction and Confinement

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and War

mooish's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, and War