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A patra aripă by Rebecca Yarros

515 reviews

barbarianmissy's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

Oh my gawd this book was so FUN! So many lil twists and turns and dragons and FUN and badassery and PEW PEW and woah, so awesome! Very much enjoyed it! Highly recommend and now I’m gonna read iron flame! TOOTLES!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Murder

jessicarenz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book just got me out of my reading slump! It’s been a while since it’s taken me less than a week to read a book (around work and other schedules). Can’t wait to continue the story with Iron Flame!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying, Drug use, and Classism

tt_20's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, War, and Classism

mgcalder's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

5.0

Could not put it down!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

rissa_roo_pa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

One of those “unable to put down” books. I ignored responsibilities and lost sleep over this one. So. Good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying and War

Minor: Vomit

erkietheturkey's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Sexual content, and War

Minor: Body shaming, Child death, Drug use, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

samluh's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

I loved this book! It kept my attention and I am not a big fantasy reader. If you like hunger games and Harry Potter you will like this. But it’s with dragons! :) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cursing, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, and War

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

paigereitz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book obviously has had SO much hyper. Things I loved: disabled main character. A Deaf side character. People overcoming the weight of parental expectation or legacy. A really cool magic system with dragons. Things I didn't love: the base plot felt very predictable, and the enemies-to-lovers romance even more so - while also somehow being both too slow and jumping too fast rather than a real build of a relationship. The ending gives me hope that the book series will get better and stay interesting so I'll keep going. But I definitely felt like it didn't quiiiiite live up to its hype. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

llothspeich's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying and Death

Minor: Animal death

hannahcstocks's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Nothing groundbreaking (lots of cliches and tropes) but an enjoyable read. Pretty fast-paced, as there doesn’t seem to be much filler in any individual chapter outside of Violet’s internal monologue. The downside to this lack of filler can be that the world doesn’t feel fully built out, and the descriptions of some of the surroundings can feel lacking. I found my brain sort of filled in some of those gaps while reading though, especially when I didn’t overthink it. The plot was a bit repetitive and the internal monologue objectifying one of the characters was a little silly. But I don’t feel the book is trying to be anything beyond what it is, so I don’t begrudge those faults. Feels a little YA, which seems maybe to be a common theme in the NA genre, but just because it’s trope-y and your main character thinks like a lovestruck teen doesn’t make it a bad or unenjoyable book. Just not a profound one. Easy read despite the length, and while the plot was a little repetitive as mentioned, the chapters broke that up well enough that the repetition didn’t feel monotonous or at least still drove the story forward in some way. 

TLDR: Overall, kept my attention, and I found the pacing to be done well. If you can’t handle the internal monologue of a somewhat rebellious lovestruck high schooler (I know that’s not the age of the characters but it is how it reads) or relatively predictable but intriguing enough plot, this book isn’t for you. Even you want an easy read to take you out of your own head and world for a while, and you can take the aforementioned characteristics in stride, then give it a shot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail