Reviews tagging 'War'

Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon

17 reviews

inknosedowl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This book truly doesn’t hold any punches. While this on book is mostly post apocalyptic there are different generes that okay into the story that are just as important. The key plot point is fantasy and he writes descriptions of the gore that happens after the holocaust as if they are horror. It’s not anything like I’ve read before in this genre. 
The two main things I have issue with this book is first of all how long it is. It could been a duology making it a little easier to read. The other issue, that I think would plays into separating the book, is character development. He wrote a lot of descriptions of the world and the physical description of people, but did not focus on character development as much as I would’ve liked. Some horrible things happen to the characters and I think I would felt a little more if there were more scenes with connections in them. The story was almost good enough to make up for it though. 
I would for sure check trigger warnings before reading this book it can be very gory in some parts. Over all amazing book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Violence, and War

faythfarrar's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Rape, Violence, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

yarnbandit's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

If you want to know if the dog dies, the answer is

yes

If you want to know if the horse dies, the answer is

yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Racial slurs, and Torture

cbug412's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

If you're looking for a book chronicling the end of the world via nuclear fallout, this may be up your alley. Fairly gruesome but also quite heartwarming at times. A lot of people compare it to King's The Stand, but any way you look at it, it's the classic good vs. evil story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and War

wyram's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, and War

ripxreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Pedophilia, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Homophobia and Rape

wormgirl's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Antisemitism, Trafficking, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Torture, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment