Reviews tagging 'War'

Maan by Lucinda Riley

10 reviews

sandysmith's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective 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? No

4.5

The 5th book in the Seven Sisters series is not my favourite but a super read, never the less. It is about Tiggy, who is based in Scotland, moves to Granada Spain, via Geneva, and then back to Scotland again. As with all the seven sister books, there is a dual timeline, with one of the sisters finding out about their heritage, this time Tiggy coming from a Gypsy heritage in Granada Spain. There is much about Maria, her husband Jose, and their children. Lucia is not particularly likeable, but from childhood lives for dance. It's Lucias daughters daughter, who is Tiggys mum. Her parents' story seemed rushed,  and I wanted far more of their story.  That said wonderful, accessible, beautiful writing. I'll be sad when the series ends, so I am spacing them out as much as I can.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Pregnancy, War, and Classism

Moderate: Gun violence, Infertility, and Death of parent

bearybooky's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

As with the previous 4 Seven sisters books, there is sadness and loss woven throughout. However, also like the pr ious books- there is just enough redemption and happiness to make it not completely depressing. I really enjoyed the story of Tiggy, Maria and Lucia. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Pregnancy, War, and Classism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Cursing, Hate crime, Infertility, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

hannah_the_bookworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring 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

Minor: Gun violence, Murder, and War

kfquarium's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Sexual assault, Stalking, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, and Classism

Minor: Confinement, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Medical content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

ambersbooksandbakes's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, and War

sophcart_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, and Medical content

Minor: Gun violence, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War

pettie's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Racism

Minor: War

tulemme's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Bullying and War

Minor: Child death and Domestic abuse

melarareading's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.25

Nop nop nop to the backstory. As a Spaniard who lives surrounded by gypsies I only have one word to say about the depiction of them: NOP.

Tiggy's story is what prevents me from giving this book 1 star. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and War

Minor: Animal death

rhosynmd's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Xenophobia, and War