Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Crier's War by Nina Varela

91 reviews

unoriginalusername's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

Has a bit of a slow start, with all of the world building necessary for the story. This is a queer sci-fi fantasy duet, focusing on a “forbidden love” aspect of our couple, war, overturning powers, deception, betrayal, and so much more. These topics can get a little heavy and possibly confusing, however, the author does a wonderful job of adding a map and a timeline to the book for easier tracking!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Slavery, Blood, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Death of parent and Alcohol

This book deal with some heavy topics such as war, colonization, genocide (using this term loosely, will explain), and death This book contains two races: the Humans and the Automae. The automa were created for the humans, and were treated mostly like pets for the ultra wealthy. The tides changed, there was an uprising, subsequent war, and the Automa winning said war. The scripts flipped for the humans and Automa, and the humans are now treated as “less than”, with forced labor, mass deaths, raids, and the like. With topics like these, other smaller aspects (I.e. blood, injury, etc) are bound to be prevalent too. Despite the heaviness of the history, the book is very LGBT friendly with no apparent homophobia

fairyollie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring fast-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? Yes

4.75

what an amazing, wonderful, beautifully-written book! I can't believe this is a debut! my only qualm is that the romance seemed to happen a bit quickly

at least on Ayla's side; I found it unrealistic how quickly she fell for someone she's spent her life hating and dreaming of killing; someone who represents oppression and evil.

(though, I suppose we sapphics, especially with our first loves, do fall quickly!)

 however, I am so excited that this is a series, and the second I finished Crier's War I began to read Iron Heart. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Sexism, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Classism

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

xapoptosisx's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

This was one of the first queer books I read so it holds a really special place in my heart. I reread it for a book club and it's even better than I remembered. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infertility, Physical abuse, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual content

bruhbruh's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Slavery, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, War, Classism, and Deportation

elislittlelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring 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

At first, this book was quite hard to get into, so it took me a while. But it was worth it! Really enjoyed the story and the characters! They were just so sweet together, I really look forward to reading the second book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent and War

willow_the_wisp's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

Moderate: Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

datgirllani's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Slow in the beginning, but overall an okay read. I wish the build up to the romance between the two mc’s was more evident. The plot is okay nothing too exciting or thrilling happens except for a few bombshells here and there. I will be reading the second to see how the story ends. “…and that was how Crier learned that pain was not finite; there was no limit to woundless hurt.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Classism

Moderate: Genocide, Slavery, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Death and Death of parent

elliott_the_clementine's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

Fantasy at it’s finest - Crier’s War is pure queer magic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infertility, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Toxic relationship

jessld95's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I really loved this book and am so excited to read the sequel!! The characters were interesting and deep, and I enjoyed the complex nature of the situation everyone is in. I do feel as though some things developed very quickly and would have liked to see them explored more deeply, but that’s very minor! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Death of parent, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Cultural appropriation, and Gaslighting

micaelacccc's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent and Murder