Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

A Espada do Verão by Rick Riordan

5 reviews

fe_aye's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous funny fast-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: Yes

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What a fun ride, I am not as well versed in Norse Mythology so this was educational, I certainly have a lot more to research now. Magnus is an amazing protagonist and the supporting cast are just as interesting. Can’t wait to see where this goes. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Violence, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Body horror, Racism, Blood, Grief, Murder

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Islamophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

amazelan's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging funny 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: Yes

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c'était sympa, typique Rick Riordan, mais j'ai lu carrément mieux de lui.
les personnages secondaires sont + intéressants que Magnus ; meme s'il n'est pas si affreux, ça reste un mec cishet blanc chiant. 
y a des passages très drôles par contre.
et j'ai bien aimé découvrir la mythologie nordique.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Islamophobia

readingbooksbcwhynot123's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective fast-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: Complicated

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I loved it. Very funny but still dark book. It was sad at times but still made me laugh out loud a lot. The sarcastic remarks by Magnus are to die for. Hearth and Blitz are absolutely adorable. Samirah is an amazing character as well. I really look forward to the next book so I can finally be introduced by Sam’s sister, Alex Fierro. And as a Norse person, I found it very funny to read about my own mythology, even though our names and language was mocked, (it was funny anyway). Already starting the new book. Thank you, Rick!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Islamophobia

i_island's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This is one of my favorite books.
I just love it so much. 
I love the diversity of the charactersw and the humor as well.
The names of chapters are absolutely amazing {I psychoanalyze a goat or Gunilla gets blowtorched and its not funny, ok its a little bit funny or Phil the potato meets his doom or dont be a no-bro, bro or How to kill giants politely}
All the side characters are wonderful and I wish I knew more about them {which is how you are supposecd to do it}.
I find so much magic in this gorgeous world and I hope other people get to enjoy it as well.
I could never get sick of this story, the story of a homeless kid learning how to operate in a world he thought he understood, but finds that he didn’t. Its the story of learning and perhaps even sacrificing some things along the way.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Abandonment

Minor: Body horror