Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The War of Two Queens by Jennifer L. Armentrout

41 reviews

zomigi's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

3.0

I have mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, I thought Jennifer did a much better job at not info-dumping constantly, and it had far fewer mistakes than her earlier books. I enjoyed the new characters and thought the action scenes were well written. On the other hand, her obvious attempts to assuage the fans left the characters and relationships in this book inconsistent, confusing, and unsatisfying.

I know a lot of fans are angry about the "throuple" of Cas, Poppy, and Kieran, but I'm actually mad that she didn't commit to it and take it farther. She clearly tried to tone it down, especially in the maddeningly vague and unsatisfying threesome scene, but in doing so she only managed to make everyone unhappy. People who don't want a throuple will be mad because there still is one, and people who do want a throuple will be mad because it's half-assed, inconsistent, vague, and confusing. Maybe this will be fixed in the next book, but she's made such a mess of the relationship now that it seems unsalvageable. It was really foolish of Jennifer to try to please everyone, because that always results in you not pleasing anyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, and War

Minor: Alcohol

bookishmind_13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, and Classism

nonotyoshi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

sarah_sedai_blueajah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

vettechmama3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

The first 3/4 of this book is 4⭐️ with the last quarter being 4.5⭐️

Cas/Poppy and Nyktos/Sera are everything. These may be some of my favorite couples 🥵 Parts of this one did drag out for me and got a little just meh, but the last part had me going through so many emotions that it just made up for the rest of the book. I went from tense to anxious, nervous, mad, sobbing, hopeful, ecstatic, to being anxious again for what's to come. I do feel that the ending was rushed, and I have sooo many questions and plots running through my head. And I swear if one hair is touched on Kieran, Reaver, or Delano, I will riot. PS I love that the girls are so strong and badass.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, and Torture

selestre's review against another edition

challenging 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Physical abuse, Medical content, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Grief, Alcohol, and Classism

howboutjane's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

I'm not sure what to say about this one. It was okay, I didn't dislike it. I found the plot entertaining at parts but it just felt very very long and the ending a bit rushed. I did the audiobook for this one and the narrators did so well! I'd recommend the audibook if you are going to pick this one up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing

itmakessenseincontext's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I fucking can't oh my god

Yeah um that was a thoroughly enjoyable book. I saw nearly everything coming a mile away but it didn't matter because the journey there was stunning.

JLA is truly at her best with the sweeping grand climatic scenes, and there is plenty of that on display here. 

All the issues I had with this book (and series) come down to the editing. Some of it was grammar, some of it was world building issues. Publishing houses really need to start asking authors 'what level of technological development is this world at?', 'where did the characters get this item?', and 'is current slang applicable to this world?'

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

abicaro17's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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

4.25

holy shit. this was significantly better than the last book! I had my fears but it definitely proved me wrong. Once again this book falls victim to a action packed beginning and end but a relatively boring middle. I think Poppy is wayyy too overpowered in terms of where we started. I will say though between the end, the joining, the Poppy & Castiel reunion, and Tawney I have a lot of positives too. Which is why the book is rated as high as it is. While this book falls victim to a lot of the pitfalls of the 2nd and 3rd book, it is entertaining as hell and FINALLY answers series long questions (despite how ridiculous some answers are). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

amandavano's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail