Reviews tagging 'War'

The Second Rebel by Linden A. Lewis

16 reviews

grimdark_dad's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

beesknees's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

I picked up The Second Rebel immediately after finishing The First Sister. The biggest change for me was an increase in rotating character perspectives, including the addition of Lito's sister Lucinina. Although it took effort to keep the wild events happening to each character in order, I was intrigued by each piece of the story, never wanting to rush through a specific chapter and onto the next character perspective. As the second book in a trilogy, I was expecting heartbreak, which was promptly delivered. 
One thing I appreciate about this series in general, is how despite the many (many) hardships our characters face, there is always at least a small sliver of hope that keeps you rooting for their success. I appreciate Lewis's determination to create diverse characters, presenting various races, cultures, sexualities, and class--even thought I feel that Lewis could do a more delicate job of showing and not telling. I am genuinely looking forward to the final installment of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia and War

Moderate: Body horror, Deadnaming, Death, Genocide, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Sexual harassment

foreverinastory's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Sexual content, Slavery, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation

thegr8estangell's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? No

5.0

a fantastic follow up to one of my favourite new series. WOW. It's still queer. It's still in space. and boy did it deliver. I loved every minute of it. The political betrayals were crazy. The fight scenes were so well done. The plot picks up right with the First Sister leaves off. I love am in love with this story. I cannot wait to read the next book. I am dying to know what happens. I need the third book. This story has so many layers, so many points of intrigue. Lewis does a wonderful job at continually expanding her world with her immaculate building style. The only thing that drove me crazy was that there were 4 POVs instead of 3. Adding in that fourth POV made the distance between characters a longer. I kept having to stop and try to remember what happened at the time we saw this character because it was 60 pages ago and a whole hell of a lot more plot points later. I do like how they added character names to each of the chapter headings. That made it much easier to read. The cliff hangers at the end of this story are killing me and I am going to apply for the ARC when it become available. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and War

jnl00700's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

Moderate: Genocide, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Colonisation, Dysphoria, and War