Reviews tagging 'War'

Il Trono di Spade by George R.R. Martin

44 reviews

phoenixfire's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Slavery, Murder, War

Moderate: Incest, Rape

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

lujisa's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, War

moosethemoose's review against another edition

3.25

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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never make me read abt the sister fucker again. hated the middle 40% of this 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail

valenwhite's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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So far, this is the craziest one in the series. Holy smokes, so much happened...

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, War

sebeth76's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

modernprometheus's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It's such a fantastic conclusion to the first part of the ASOIAF series. It has many fantastic twists and characters. I didn't really vibe with some of the character descriptions and choices for female characters, but that's the problem that is prevalent through the entire series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Violence, War

pottedplantlover's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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AHHHHHH der Plot hat sich so getwistet immer wieder und dann noch im allerletzten Satz es war so gut.
Also je mehr man liest desto besser wird es. Würde FAST 5 Sterne geben, aber Priory war dann doch nochmal bisschen besser.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Alcohol

robotnik's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I don't give a crap, what happened to good ol' Lord Tywin in this was the best. 

Wait. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, War

clairebartholomew549's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This is for sure the darkest book of the series so far - the bad events are pretty much unrelenting; cough cough the Red Wedding - but it also expands the universe in a really satisfying way and delves deeper into the characters' motivations and allegiances. There's also some satisfying comeuppance (Joffrey's wedding is truly a moment to relish) and interesting alliances that bring out new facets of characters (Jaime and Brienne's fraught partnership is fascinating, and Jaime remains one of the more complicated characters in the book), and the world-building is top-tier. Just like in the TV series, Dany's journey feels a bit meandering, but at least in this book it feels like she's really wrestling with what kind of ruler she wants to be and with the betrayals of the various people in her lives.

This is the first book where it feels like there is real diversion from the TV series, and I'm excited to see where the fourth and fifth books go (and the sixth and seventh if George R. Martin ever gets off his ass, which is certainly not for certain lmao).

I'm intrigued by Ramsay Bolton being married to Jeyne Poole instead of Sansa - I read an interview with the TV writers saying it felt like it made sense for all of Ramsay's terror to be inflicted on a character we actually care about, which to me is gross and speaks to the willingness of the TV writers to put female characters through trauma that even George R. Martin didn't think was necessary. It's also interesting how little sex there is in the books than there is in the series, which again speaks to the TV writers' interest in depicting female bodies and sexual violence. Finally, I'm so intrigued by the epilogue and the question of whether Cat actually survived, and I can't wait to see if the woman is a pretender or somehow the real Cat.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

r33se's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, War