Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

A patra aripă by Rebecca Yarros

167 reviews

anne_reader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, War, and Cursing

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Medical content, and Murder

tieflingmom's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Genocide, Murder, Blood, War, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Colonisation, Body shaming, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Death

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

amy_in_the_city's review against another edition

adventurous medium-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

4.5

This book was really fun! Finally, a true "enemies to lovers" story, not "person-I-kind-of-dislike-for-petty-reasons to lovers." I appreciated that Violet clearly communicated what she wanted from Xaden, and he respected that boundary. That really should be the bare minimum, but is unfortunately rare in romance, especially fantasy romance. I loved the dragons and all of Violet's and Xaden's friends

except for you, Dain!

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The world-building was clunky. There were several instances of unnatural exposition through dialogue starting with "as you already know" or someone explaining something to another character that they should already reasonably be expected to know. There was also a lot of telling us Xaden was "ruthless" and "vicious" without ever actually showing him acting that way. This was just fine with me since I don't like cruel love interests much, but it bothered me that they were trying to convince us he was a "dark and dangerous bad boy" when he's really not. Another minor issue was I really didn't like Xaden's nickname for Violet. I thought it was awkward and not cute. 

I feel like Violet kind of overreacted to the third-act conflict.

I understand being disappointed that the guy she likes didn't tell her that he's been working with the enemy because the enemy is actually the good side. I understand needing some time to process that. On the other hand, it is unrealistic to expect a guy she only just officially got together with like the day before, who was also her mortal enemy for the longest time, to tell her, the daughter of a general, that he and all his friends have been committing treason. Did she really want him to risk his life and the lives of all his friends as well as the lives of everyone the rebellion is defending because she's just so important to him? His reasons for not telling her were solid, and I really don't think this warrants her saying she can never trust him again.

Overall, I really enjoyed this book and am looking forward to reading the next book in the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Medical content, Ableism, Death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Blood, Body shaming, Death of parent, Animal death, Murder, and Toxic friendship

juhpiter_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Death of parent, Blood, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Medical content and Bullying

laurensgaylife's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Ableism, War, Murder, Sexual content, Death of parent, Cursing, Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Gore and Grief

booksemmahasread's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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: Violence, Death, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Classism, Gaslighting, Medical content, and Murder

mysteryspouse's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Cursing, Kidnapping, Forced institutionalization, Death, Blood, Body shaming, Classism, Genocide, Grief, Gore, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Medical content, Medical trauma, Torture, Emotional abuse, Vomit, War, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Excrement

town_scar's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

The first third was so aggravating I nearly gave up. I can understand both why people hate and love it. I fall somewhere in the middle. The author seemed to struggle with consistency and clarity. The only reason I could follow anything was because of the revised map and an illustration explaining squad structure that was in the second book. I could tell this first book was rushed to publication. While I was able to see most of the plot twists coming they were still enjoyable. Battle sequences were fun. Romance is a delight. The dude characters we spend the most time with are loveable. It's exactly middle of the road for me. Lot of issues but lots of good components as well. I'll be reading the sequel if only to satisfy by curiosity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, War, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, Bullying, Death, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Ableism, Animal death, Colonisation, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Death of parent and Drug use

jess_thefacts's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.0

I want so badly to give this 5 stars because the writing is actually really decent. However, I have some issues with the clunky-Ness of the chapters. Often, it is like there are gaps in the story. Also, I need to understand more than just the base level of a characters' motivation. However, I do love Tairn and Sgaeyl which I need more of in every chapter.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Sexual content, and Cursing

Minor: Death, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail