Reviews tagging 'War'

Les Oiseaux du temps by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

470 reviews

crazymaplady's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

3.5

I loved this book by the end; I was invested in the relationship between Red and Blue and all of the writing, especially the letters, were beautiful. I was also a big fan of the ending. 

However, it took me FOREVER to get into this book and I spent almost the first half thinking I was too stupid for it. I didn’t really understand what was going on and I think the early world-building was far too limited.

I think I’d enjoy it more with a re-read now I’ve gained some more context.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and War

bookhoe1's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

5.0

Great, short read. Finished it in two hours cause it just sucks you in. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and War

ripxreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Torture and War

linkamarisa's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide, Torture, and Forced institutionalization

carefulfearanddeaddevotion's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

 cried several times while reading this book, not because it’s particularly sad, but because the prose is so beautiful it moved me to tears. i think the only thing that i’ve read that’s more romantic than this book is pablo neruda’s poetry. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Suicide, Torture, Murder, and War

Minor: Stalking and Pregnancy

mangofraiche's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Torture, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and War

dreadspawn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture

sourcherrysyrup's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

Read this book. Do yourself the favor of reading this book. 

The prose is delicious. It drips with life and emotion. And the story is incredible on top of that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, and War

melist6's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Death

eagerreader2022's review against another edition

4.5

This one takes some concentration to read since the authors barely build the world. Instead, you build the world in your head as the story progresses.

I think I understood what happened, but I might have to do a reread to truly 'get' the story. Which I would do if there weren't other books on my backlog :/

I was very intrigued by the world created and the mysterious aspects of the story!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and War