Reviews tagging 'War'

The Girl of Ink and Stars by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

3 reviews

bookishperseus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Ableism, Sexism, and Pregnancy

bookishperseus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Ableism, Sexism, and Pregnancy

harper11's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious fast-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? No

3.0

I did really enjoy this, I do however wish we got more backstory. It feels like the lore of this world runs so deep and we’ve only been shown the surface level things you’d need to know to get through this book alone. 

However, enjoyable, fairly quick read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Police brutality, and War

Minor: Cannibalism