Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Lovely War by Julie Berry

21 reviews

ashcook's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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: Racism, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

ghostlyprince's review

dark emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism, Rape, Police brutality, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

juanat77's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

slahlum's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

plainromance's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing and Sexual assault

sophiegrubben's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

To my dearest sister, who lent me this book: yes I liked it. It's a good book! It just missed that little bit of je ne said quoi. 

I liked and felt the most for the characters that we spent the most time with: Hazel and James. That is not to say I didn't like Aubrey and Collette (although I liked Aubrey a bit more than Collette) but we simply didn't spend as much time with them or their romance. It felt just placed there at times. Hazel and James's story just seemed more fleshed out, more thought out and more lovely put on the page. 

Overall it was a very well written and researched book, but it missed a sprinkle of magic for me, especially in the Aubrey and Collette parts. I wanted more time with them and more care put into their characterisation. But not a bad book at all!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

riannesdijkstra's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted relaxing tense medium-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? No

5.0

Lived it from the very first page 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Blood, and War

Minor: Ableism, Death, Hate crime, and Fire/Fire injury

sleeson's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring relaxing sad fast-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

5.0

This is such a lovely novel. No pun intended. Beautiful emotion. Incessant hope. Lavished with love throughout the book towards friendships and relationships. Two worlds merging into one. 
No swearing. No sexual content. I actually put off finishing this novel because I did not want it to end.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Racism, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and War

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

internationalreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail