Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

1084 reviews

_caroline's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

she_hulk_83's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging 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: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Blood, Murder

Minor: Animal death, Bullying

cashewcat1092's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous inspiring relaxing tense fast-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

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It’s rare to find a fantasy, sci-fi, or adventure book where the main character accurately represents disability. Fourth Wing did, and it meant the world to me. Violet’s struggle to accept that she needs accommodations—then feeling like a fraud when she excels with them, despite her resilience being an asset—mirrors my own experience in real life (minus the dragons).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Cultural appropriation

Minor: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders

harahara510's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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: No

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I was done reading this in January and I am still obsessed. This is my kind of romantasy. 

"There's nowhere in existence you could go that I wouldn't find you, Violence."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Bullying

akswhy's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A really solid start to a fantasy series! Loved the magic system and the pace of the reveals. The romance was age-appropriate for the characters, but some of the writing was a little too modern. For example, Violet often thinks Like. This. For. Emphasis. It’s internet speak and very out of place in a fantasy world. Past that, I really enjoyed the plot and I’m looking forward to reading the next book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Pregnancy

glukozavr's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional tense slow-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

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It’s a fantasy story about young people, in their 20s, though it feels a lot like teen story - military school, complicated relationships and dragons. The story is told from the first person of a girl, giving insights into her feelings and tells the story of her fighting with her insecurities and building confidence. It’s a start of a series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Murder, Gaslighting

Minor: Grief

dinosachi's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Spicy level 3/3 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Blood, Murder, War

serai27's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Blood

a_gurneaujacobs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Horrible cliches, predictable plot, and a toxic relationship.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship

Minor: Death of parent

justcaryn's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: Complicated

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The only reason I didn’t give this 5 stars is the third act “huge argument that could have easily been avoided with one conversation”. But other than that, this was so good!! 

The main female character is disabled and that’s a big plot device (she gets bullied by almost everyone) and there’s betrayal and a death that’s so sad I cried on the way to work, but I’m not a huge fan of the breakup in the last few handful of pages due to people just not wanting to have a damn conversation. But the tension buildup was great.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship