Reviews tagging 'Violence'

From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

365 reviews

tguccione's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Death of parent, Violence, Sexual assault, Grief, Death, Gore, Murder, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child death

olivebook1's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Sexual violence

littlered22's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I really liked it. Found the world building to be a little confusing but I know as I continue it'll make more sense. Loved the characters. Had me kicking my feet and smiling a bit 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, War, Violence, and Grief

glddstwmn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

Check TWs before reading!! Graphic descriptions of abuse and gore. 

UGH, my heart hurts a little after this one. :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Gore, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Bullying, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Violence, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and War

Minor: Rape

readinglawyer29's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

SPOILERS










I'm not giving this book a 5 stars because there were some things that annoyed the hell outta me (for instances, almost the names of the characters suck, the worst being the MC... I'll never get over it), but the story is great, the pace is perfect, the twists surprised me and I LOVED how the author depicted Poppy's sexual awakening and first experience. Also that there was a strong focus on HER pleasure, which is refreshing. I loved seeing Poppy feeling more and more empowered throughout the book, she is a badass and I'm here for it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Child death and Child abuse

Minor: Misogyny

ayeitsdaye's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Violence, Body shaming, Death, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Gore, Stalking, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, and Grief

Minor: War and Death of parent

ipekcav's review against another edition

adventurous funny slow-paced

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

4.0

Modern values set in a fantasy romance. What’s not to love?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, and Child abuse

Scenes depicting child physical abuse that borders on sexual harassment. The abuse itself is not overtly sexual in nature, it is how other characters interact with it that makes it disturbing. It’s uncomfortable to read (as it should be). Details including spoilers here:

The main bad guy regularly takes a switch to the protagonists back as punishment for “bad behavior” and derives some sort of pleasure from it. He invites a friend to watch. The masochistic tendencies along with the humiliation of the protagonist give the punishment a sexual overtone. At one point she is forced to receive punishment topless.

lotsofbubbles's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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? N/A

4.75

I really enjoyed this book. In the beginning I had a hard time to keep picking up the book again, and then suddenly I finished te book bij reading over 300 pages in one sitting (and missing lots of sleep by doing so because I couldn't put the book down). The characters were very lovable and this book managed to make me love and cry. I also helped me to rediscover my fondness of vampires and werewolves that I thought I had "matured out off".

I would definitely recommend this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, War, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Torture, Emotional abuse, Murder, Confinement, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Death, Sexual assault, Sexism, Confinement, and Kidnapping

rooreadsmoore's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• 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: Grief, Murder, Cursing, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, Sexual content, and Misogyny

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

larremor's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

2.0

Writing was okay, not a ton of world building, it takes most of the book to really get clued in to the "species", and the male lead has difficulty understanding consent. Making things sexual after Poppy says no to various acts and situations multiple times in the book while convincing her it's okay because he's decided she wants it even though she's conflicted. "I'm not sure" isn't consent and get off, stop definitely isn't consent.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Body shaming