Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Huntress by Kate Quinn

24 reviews

cmklaft's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Genocide, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Minor: Blood

navayiota's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny informative 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? No

5.0

KATE QUINN NEVER MISSES
This is my favourite of her novels so far. What a story! I don't usually pick up such long audiobooks but this was 100% worth it, I'm so glad my friend recommended it. I couldn't stop listening.. it's crazy to think about all the research that went into this novel. I loved the way the characters interact, how interconnected they are, and the sense of dread employed by Quinn to keep the readers on the edge of our seats. Truly, it was masterfully done. I will be reading more of her stuff!! Amazing work!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content and Medical content

sarahflanders's review against another edition

dark hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and War

willablaise's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

a beautiful story crossing time and space with lovable heroines 🫶 and a bit of a romance if you look hard 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Death, Blood, and Death of parent

pauluszanna's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative tense slow-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

4.5

I think I love and will love everything that Kate Quinn, the queen of WWII historical fiction, writes. 
The story revolves around lakes and the women connected to these lakes - whether they might be called monsters or heroes. 
The are three storylines. The first one follows investigators going after war criminals who disappeared after the end of the war. The investigators are especially focused on Die Jägerin, the Huntress. 
The second one is telling the story of female bombing pilots in Russia, called the night witches. The third is about a girl whose father remarries an Austrian woman, who is eager to start a new life in Boston. I'm sure you make the connection between who this Austrian woman might be and how the storylines will intertwine. 

During the middle of the book, it started to get a little slow, I had to remind myself to keep reading. But the last 150 pages flew by in a second. 
I also really appreciate the fact that the author provides insight into her research and differentiates facts from fiction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and War

owlyreadsalot's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and War

bookishandjoyceful's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

I wanted to love this, but I am not sure this was the right book at the right time. I definitely enjoyed Kate Quinn’s other books more. This one I had a harder time following the different characters and their point of views and connections to each other. The audiobook narration was of good quality and did not effect the rating of this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Hate crime, Antisemitism, and Murder

Moderate: Child death and Death

Minor: War

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.5

I love Kate Quinn. She is an auto-buy author of mine whenever a new World War story is told. I don’t know that The Huntress needed so many perspectives or so much time jumping. But the story is fun. It is always exciting to read about history through the lens of feminism. I also appreciate Quinn’s acknowledgement of queer identities throughout history, it can’t be true unless everyone is included. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Gun violence, Medical content, Trafficking, Mass/school shootings, and Medical trauma

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexism, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War

katrinaburch's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

I really really enjoyed this book, though I will say not as much as I enjoyed The Alice Network. There wasn't as much of a twist in this book as there was in that one. However, overall this book is really good, so it's more like 4.5 stars. I do wish there was a little more Jordan and Tony story line at the end 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail