Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

A patra aripă by Rebecca Yarros

321 reviews

emilyandthewhippet's review against another edition

5.0

A fictional heroine with EDS in a DAMN GOOD fantasy based around a dragon school. Mystery, romance and spice ✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Physical abuse, Animal death, Blood, Violence, Grief, Bullying, Cursing, Sexual content, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Medical content, Gore, Chronic illness, Ableism, Murder, Toxic friendship, and War

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Drug use

emilyhawkinspdx's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Blood, Cursing, Murder, Chronic illness, and Death

rehtaehwashere's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

 

• What I liked: the story concept was really cool with the dragon army being an elite group of warriors to even survive long enough to GET a dragon and train with one. The school hierarchy was cool, too. 
• What I disliked: overused the word 'ribs' (it really bothered me), excessive thirsting and the fact you immediately knew
  she'd go for the guy she was TOLD NOT TO GO NEAR OR BE MURDERED
  , the obvious 'oh she's so special' aspect where she not only survives but
  gets two dragons
  , and I didn't feel how she described chronic pain was accurate at all (though maybe it is for EDS, which I do not have). 
• Overall thoughts: still not sure how I feel about the
  secret rebellion 
  and the mom being the 'bad guy' felt pretty obvious based on her disdain for her disabled child. 
• Recommend to a friend? Maybe 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Chronic illness

Moderate: Ableism, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Medical content and Fire/Fire injury

ewinnk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, War, Ableism, Murder, Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Blood, and Sexual content

stephanielee's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Bullying, Chronic illness, and Ableism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

amandab0514's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Ableism, Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Animal death and Death of parent

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Bullying, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Animal death, Child death, War, Death of parent, Confinement, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Abandonment, and Death

dazzle_spider_reader_1212's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious 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

Honestly, one of my favourite books ever. The EDS representation made me feel more seen than I've ever felt in any other piece of media. There was so much representation for other things such as Deafness, sign language, foster care, LGBTQ people (and it's normalised!) and accomodations (which are also normalised and people don't bat an eye!) 
Also, I've not read much fantasy with Dragons, and I honestly love the dragons and other mythological creatures in this book. 
I feel like everyone talks about the romance and writing etc, but romance isn't my focus, and I loved the writing and pacing of this book.

Just everything about this book had me silent screaming out of joy. Please read this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Blood, Violence, War, and Bullying

Moderate: Animal death and Sexual content

tbd24's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad slow-paced

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

2.0

really had to force myself through this one, i wish I could have skipped the first 75% of the book, or just have been given cliffnotes. I feel like so much time is spent trying to convince the reader that Violet is weak and useless and then immediately negating that information with her actions. Honestly my biggest problem with this book was the prose itself, there is a lot of telling and not showing, and it reads like a 18yr olds diary. Maybe the second book will get into more of the logistical questions I have, like why this country is fine with, by my math, approx 200 eligible cadets dying BEFORE they even reach the front lines EVERY YEAR, or why the humans haven’t realized that they are canon fodder for their dragon overlords. (seriously can you imagine if the US military killed 130,000 enlisted before they even stepped foot out of boot camp?? how does the population even support that?? maybe you’d win the war better if you stopped murdering 2/3rds of your army in war games)
Anyway yeah plot wise it was only interesting once the twist happened. The main character is insufferable and I’m saying that as a bella swan stan. The bar is in hell and she couldn’t clear it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Chronic illness, Death, Violence, Ableism, War, and Sexual content

caitlinspeachyreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Animal death, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, Chronic illness, Murder, Sexual content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Death of parent