Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

17 reviews

saskiahill's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Toxic friendship, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Child death

Minor: War, Bullying, Sexual content, and Animal cruelty

scarlett_f's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.5

A recipe of Hunger Games and Harry Potter, but with a pinch of sinister steampunk and dystopian stirred in. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Child death, Confinement, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Grief, Violence, Death, Gore, Blood, Racism, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual content and Death of parent

A recipe of Hunger Games and Harry Potter, but with a pinch of sinister steampunk and dystopian stirred in.

blacksphinx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

Just when I was complaining that a certain main character hadn't done anything all book or exhibited any sort of personality, we got some nice time for them to open up and bloom a bit before the brutal cliffhanger of an ending. 

It's lovely watching our protagonist grow as a person, opening up, learning to ask for help, and forming close friendships with other girls. (The unexpected LGBT+ representation was a nice bonus!) There was at least one plot point in here that didn't really make any sense to me, but the emotional through line and building themes stop me from giving it less than five stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Classism, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, War, and Pregnancy

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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: Blood, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Sexual content, Classism, Confinement, Abandonment, Death, Vomit, Child abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Outing, Bullying, Animal death, Murder, Grief, Dysphoria, War, Suicide, and Pregnancy

alicevicini's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

4.0

 

I’ve always had a problem with Naomi Novak’s writing style… I have to be super focused to be able to read her books so it takes me a while to finish them. However, I really like the plot and the setting. 

The first part of the book felt a little actionless but then it sped up and I really enjoyed the second part. The whole plan was intriguing and I loved seeing the training behind it and how the students put that into practice! 

The final cliffhanger annoyed me, though…  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

thequiltyreader's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed it in the main but I felt some sections were a bit too protracted, whereas other areas were rushed through. Also I felt some of the characters lacked some depth. Though it ended with a lot of loose ends, and I enjoyed it enough to reach out and read the final book in thr trilogy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Vomit, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Addiction, and Cursing

squinnittowinit's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-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

4.75

A great sequel. This book had me on the edge of my seat so many times, and by the final chapters, I couldn't turn the pages fast enough.

4.75 for a couple very very minor annoyances:

Yes, I understand that El is traumatized by years of social rejection, but I got a little tired of her assuming that her new friends were going to ditch her all the time. I wish that growth had happened a little faster.

When El and Orion get together, they keep saying they can't have sex because of the risk/lack of contraception. I don't like how this assumes that the only way for them to have sex is the one way that would pose that risk. There are plenty of ways to have sex and have a good time without any risk of pregnancy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Confinement, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death

Moderate: War, Child abuse, Death of parent, Body horror, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual content and Suicidal thoughts

directorpurry's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

icarusandthesun's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious 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

4.0

a great sequel with the most brutal cliffhanger one could imagine. thrilling.
quite a curious read, especially regarding the characters and their development. the whole book centers around graduation, and a very important and substantial twist in el's thinking. the ideas behind the book were brilliant, if perhaps a little "out of character" with a lot of new concepts that make the reader basically scrap everything they know about the dark school of magic (and partly the characters as well) from the first book. it wasn't at all unpleasant or anything, quite the opposite - it filled the sequel with fresh and interest-evoking ideas, but just know that this one is swerving in the 'everything is going to be alright' and positive-thinking direction. i seriously missed the 'fuck we're all gonna die' mood from the first book and also just some death in general, but alright.
the romance sort of peaks in this one as well, and i'm really in love with the dynamic. the cliffhanger made me want to haul the book against the wall because it was just so so ... screaming crying throwing up yk, in a good way.
the one awkward sex scene made me a little uncomfortable because it was simply so uncalled for and just an unnecessary like, three-page-filler, so nope, didn't like that at all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Sexual content

Minor: Blood, Medical content, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Child death, and Vomit

the_quickening_tree's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail