Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Lovely War by Julie Berry

10 reviews

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad fast-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? No

5.0

I loved the mythology infused with a classic love story set during WW1! I laughed and cried throughout the novel, flying through this story to see how things ended. Such a beautiful, moving story of love, loss, sacrifice, and prejudice!

The characters came to life and I loved following their journeys! I don’t have many words for this one, it was just…perfect 🩷

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief, and War

Moderate: Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Police brutality

Minor: Rape

booksbri's review against another edition

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

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

asagetheskater's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

4.75

I love that the Greek gods narrated this book. Julie Berrys does a great job of making you feel like you are actually there, in France. James’ and Hazel’s relationship is so perfect 🫶😭😍
And Aubrey and collette add the right amount of history to the book.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Minor: Rape and Injury/Injury detail

mme_carton's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Police brutality, and Abandonment

bohdanqa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

this book broke me in the best way possible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Cultural appropriation

audreychu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Rape

melikeread's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

good; trigger warning for like literally everything; author definitely shows her perspective as an American white woman (although not in a super bad prejudiced way, just over explaining racism) … so do what you want with that info

book still overall worth the read imo, but not my most absolute favorite by any means 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and War

thekiwibibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and War

Moderate: Rape

kylajaynebooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful relaxing 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? Yes

4.5

I adored this 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Hate crime, Racism, and Rape