Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard

50 reviews

maride's review

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

3.0

I'm going to be honest... I really thought this was a Five-stars read... but something ...maybe in the way that is written difficult me read the story... when I was in page 30 after more or less a moth since I start the book I found myself frustrated because : yes I was full for college but u thought that I would end this book in a week or 2 weeks but one month later I ended the story.

I found myself wanted to scream to Thanh, to say to her that all the decision she made or that others makes her made was wrong, the her lover (her colonizer)  do not see her like a same person but as a barbarian as a less person.

I can see why everybody loved this book, myself (my story , ect) can relate to Thanh, i loved her, i wanted the best for her but maybe the author needed more pages to explore the profundities in all the relationships... maybe if we could see more deep in the story would be a Five star story for me ... 
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, War, and Toxic relationship

aconfundityofcrows's review

adventurous dark hopeful 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: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Outing, Abandonment, and Grief

Minor: War, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Infidelity, and Religious bigotry

roguemcmayhem's review

emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.25

I only finished this because it was so short. I loved the setting and felt like this would have been better as a novel. The protagonist made unbelievably poor choices, all of the characters were disappointingly flat,  and the plot just kind of ended because the author needed it to end. The romance ending was a bit creepy too. I would not recommend this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

mirireads's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content

shadeyc's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I think it's safe to say I really enjoy de Bodard's writing. 
This was glorious, I wish there was more. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Confinement, and Fire/Fire injury

carochacord's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: War

booksthatburn's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Princess Thanh is trying to reconcile what she wants as the youngest royal child in a small country being pressured by a larger one. She has a strained relationship with her mother, a past romance with one of the royal foreigners, and a strange connection with a girl made of fire. Short and good, this blends interpersonal and political drama as Thanh figures out what she wants and whom she loves.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Colonisation, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

memoriast's review

fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Abandonment, Colonisation, and Physical abuse

Minor: Rape and Sexual content

lyserature's review

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

a2_rache11's review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.5⭐
I wish the author would have gone into a bit more detail with Giang, but a beautiful story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Racism, and Toxic relationship