Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

A patra aripă by Rebecca Yarros

167 reviews

court_reads_it_all's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

I was hesitant to read this book because of the hype however this has become one of my favorites. Definitely a book I would recommend to friends. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Misogyny, Medical content, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, Body horror, Grief, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Medical trauma, Body shaming, Ableism, Body horror, and Death

Minor: Vomit

the_true_monroe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexual content, Body shaming, Bullying, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Chronic illness, and Vomit

Minor: Cursing

prairieraven's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.25

Doesn't live up to the hype but it is a cute,  simple read for something that is military school for teens with dragons. The dragons are neat. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, Death, Animal death, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Ableism, Cursing, Confinement, Child death, Violence, Police brutality, Genocide, Stalking, Sexual content, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Murder, and Misogyny

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

1.25

While I understand why people would enjoy this book, I am unfortunately one of the ones that couldn't turn off the feeling that I was reading a YA that was aged up to include sex.

I could not read the word badass without cringing.  The world building was positively wild.  It's in a more historical fantasy setting where they write with quills, use weapons, crossbows were a big deal, people who wield magic have access to smaller abilities like locking/unlocking doors, making mage light, etc.  There lots of wooden shit, but that also translated to having wooden exercise equipment to essential get swole in a modern fashion, rather than bodyweight exercises.  There's a brief mention right at the beginning about shoe sizes which means they have standardized them?  And the whole riders quadrant can get married before everyone else when the graduate....  At age 23?  That's early for this society?  And the focus of sexual relations was just pervasive.  The talk of raging hormones...  The convenience of fertility suppressants getting a brief mention before boning down.  Oh and gods are worshipped, but not by dragons.

There was some disability rep that I think was decent considering that it was a fantastical setting with healers, and the character didn't want to "look weak" and would refuse treatment to speed the healing process.  There was some LGBT+ rep as well, but mostly on a surface level for side characters.

Honestly, it was fine but the romance had me putting the book down regularly and made finishing this book difficult.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Stalking, Classism, Drug use, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, War, Violence, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Misogyny, Body shaming, Death, Grief, Torture, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death of parent, Genocide, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Physical abuse

pandact's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.75

You know a book is good when it's impossible to stop thinking about it all day!  I play a boardgame and think of Liam carving a dragon miniature, or riding a roller coaster feels like flying on a dragon. And this PLOT was a roller coaster with twists and fast paced writing comparable to a Sanderson avalanche. 

It also puts the adult in "young adult," if you know what I mean, and balances wish fulfillment with a gritty fantasy world. The magic is always dazzling and exciting, but so are the limitations and challenges for the characters. That's the best example (while avoiding spoilers) of how Yarros deftly avoided problematic tropes like a Supercrip, and you can tell it's OwnVoices. It felt like the book was reading my mind most of the time and you know the publishing team is going to go far because it's already signed for Amazon TV!

All I can hope is that the next book has an ending that's just as satisfying or waiting for the rest of the series is going to kill me!

For now I'll just listen to the soundtrack of How to Train Your Dragon and the bonus chapters 🐉

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Murder, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Toxic friendship, War, Grief, Medical content, and Xenophobia

comfy_anna's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Chronic illness, Bullying, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Medical content, Grief, and Ableism

cdoubet'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Hate crime, Toxic friendship, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Abandonment, Grief, Misogyny, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexism

cait's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Genocide, Sexual content, Medical content, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Violence, Cursing, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Ableism, Body shaming, Classism, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Vomit, War, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Stalking

leahjflem's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Medical content, Murder, Blood, War, Death, Toxic relationship, and Violence

thebookaddict's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

🇳🇱: Wat een emotionele rollercoaster.  Ik heb alle emoties gevoeld in dit boek! Ik heb van elke seconde genoten. Ten eerste de land building is echt top! Ik kreeg gelijk een beeld bij alles zonder dat het overbodig voelde. En dan de karakters... stuk voor stuk een goede aanvulling in het boek (ook al kon ik sommige karakters niet uitstaan). Alle persoonlijkheden zijn zo verschillend en passen toch zo goed in het verhaal. Alle gebeurtenissen vallen hierdoor gelijk op zijn plek, je krijgt echt van die "ohwww daarom deed hij dit" momenten. Echt chefs kisses. Ik snap de hype helemaal... ik kan niet wachten om iron flame te lezen! Ik moet weten hoe dit verhaal verder gaat.

🇬🇧: What an emotional rollercoaster. I felt all the emotions in this book! First of all, the land building is really great! I immediately got a picture of everything and then the characters... each one is a good addition to the book. All the personalities are so different and yet fit so well into the story. This makes everything fall into place immediately, you really get those "ohwww that's why he did this" moments. Real chef's kisses. I totally get the hype... I can't wait to read iron flame! I need to know where this story continues.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Cursing, Physical abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Medical content, and Violence

Moderate: Child death