Reviews tagging 'War'

The Fervor by Alma Katsu

17 reviews

othersociologist's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Violence, Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

e_asw_97's review

challenging dark informative reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation, Racial slurs, Murder, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: War

eelizard's review

dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Violence, Xenophobia, Hate crime, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, and War

kt2e56's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This started out great but sort of petered out as it went on. I think once the characters’ stories begin to intersect is where the trouble begins. Things start to become a bit too convenient and eventually lead to a really rushed ending that feels a bit like a deus ex machina. I also feel like as the story goes on, the Japanese folklore (aka the most interesting bits) sort of becomes less and less important and the book goes from being a creepy historical horror novel to a quasi-political thriller which just wasn’t what I was in the mood for. Don’t get me wrong, this was still entertaining but it just wasn’t as spooky as The Hunger so I feel a bit disappointed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Mental illness, Gore, Blood, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, Antisemitism, Miscarriage, and War

wednesdayzombie's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Racism, War, Violence, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Death, Murder, Hate crime, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Child death

georgiaaa's review

adventurous mysterious reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia

Moderate: Hate crime, Murder, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Confinement, and War

limina's review

I'll get back to the one eventually.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, War, and Racism

magellen's review

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

Timely and well tied to our present, The Fervor echoes our current denialist attitude about illness, othering, and white nationalists in america. Katsu turns a historical mirror on us and demands we look, be uncomfortable in our complicity and our ignorance, and do better. 

<spoilers>the supernatural elements drop off sharply towards the end in a way that's somewhat disappointing, but ties in to the fact that while the illness is exacerbating rage, the real monster is intolerance and racism and white fragility. On one hand it's sort of mask off the fear to it's real source, on the other damn dude I wanted a spider demon.</spoilers>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Hate crime, Violence, War, Classism, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

goatsrsexy's review against another edition

dark fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

This was a really gripping historical fiction with supernatural horror mixed in a way that felt very natural. More than anything it was a story about how terrifying hatred becomes 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: War, Hate crime, and Violence

ten_telegrams's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Child death, Death, Grief, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Gaslighting, Hate crime, and Medical content

Moderate: Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Hate crime, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Toxic relationship