Reviews tagging 'War'

Go as a River by Shelley Read

30 reviews

zreadz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.5

I enjoyed this book. It was tough to get through the tragedy of Victoria’s life at first and it left me fearing for the worst at each page turn, but I think it wrapped up nicely in the end. I really enjoyed the authors descriptive language when talking about nature and the wilderness, tying these elements with love, fate and destiny. I just wish the pacing was a little better. The story went in a different direction than I thought it would based on the first half of the book but I still enjoyed it! It was a nice and heartfelt read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and War

Minor: Car accident and Alcohol

sagrising's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Torture, Pregnancy, and War

cmklaft's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

I truly enjoyed this story.  I was very invested in Tories life path, felt her pain and emotions.  The "flooding" of Iola seemed a very insignificant part of the story in my opinion. But still a good read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death, Racial slurs, Racism, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War

smreads24's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Pregnancy

Moderate: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Abandonment, and War

fkshg8465's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

4.75

A story that brings life to completion, and a story with so much more to be told. One that lets my imagination fill in the gaps most satisfactorily.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

fcvouriot's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and War

mrs_engineer's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

victor_constantine's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.5

It felt like parts of the stories dragged on and other parts were too quickly brushed aside. I wish the author had spent a little more time building up characters towards the beginning, and the ending seemed very abrupt. It feels like the author was just trying to set it up for a sequel, but it was deeply unsatisfying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Racism

Moderate: Hate crime, Miscarriage, and War

alyssatuininga's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Hate crime, Infertility, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War

beccajreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

This was tough to read at times, but beautiful too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Torture, and War

Minor: Vomit, Medical trauma, War, and Injury/Injury detail