Reviews tagging 'War'

The Ship of Brides by Jojo Moyes

4 reviews

rachbreads's review

slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.75

I thought the concept was really good, and I love that she thought to turn her grandmother's story into a book. The idea of over 600 Australian women bunking on an aircraft carrier to cross the ocean and reunite with their husbands is super interesting and ripe ground for a story. 

But the writing was just so messy. The structure was wild - the POV shifts were so rapid and it always took forever to figure out who was talking by which point you'd have to go back and start the section over. The frame narrative was completely unnecessary and introduced yet more characters for us to keep track of that added absolutely nothing to the core story. She would spend paragraphs on the working of the boat but left important characters' stories unfinished

wtf happened to Jean?!?

. Really unlikeable characters never grew or changed, they just stayed annoying right to the end *cough*

Avice

*cough* I just basically skimmed major parts of it and finished the book solely to figure out what happened with Frances. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming, Miscarriage, Rape, and War

Forced prostitution/sexual slavery, rape of an intoxicated underage girl

dungareece's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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? Yes

5.0

I had never heard of the war brides until I read this book. The bravery of these women is almost uncomprehendable.

This book follows the story of a ship of war brides and potentially the most loveable, complex and brave characters I have read about in a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Vomit

anskutiti's review against another edition

emotional hopeful

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and War

leasa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Rape, Pregnancy, and War