Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

1084 reviews

flavery329's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous 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: Yes

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Iron Flame was a very well written, well thought out fantasy novel. Had me hooked from beginning to end. Mixes elements of high stakes killing game-esque novels with school dynamics, which makes for a compelling read that leaves you wanting more about the societal structures of the world. Highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Genocide, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury

mararast's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad 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: Complicated

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It starts off feeling really cliche, but it grows really quickly and becomes very complex and surprising. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

mcarcary's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Blood

Moderate: Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

zigzagzap's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

miggyfool's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

lntubbs's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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World building was great and the conflict description was what made me want to keep reading. All the "romance" included could honestly have been left out and it still would have been a good book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail

ducky_momo's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-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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I have no words. This book will be my personality for the next few months haha

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

reading_in_genes's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

j_jigae's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny 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: No

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LOVE!  This book ignited my love for reading again and got me more into fantasy. (I’m sure a lot of people say this)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

Just read it (‘-‘)

lalisa_sophie's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging funny inspiring tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I don't get the hate for this book tbh. Alright, maybe I am a sucker for books like these but then again, I liked the writing, I was cracking up many times because the banter was terrific!

I mean, that Xaden is a “shadow daddy“ was kinda unnecessary because they're seemingly everywhere right now, but that's okay-ish to ignore, in my opinion.

Other than that, I enjoyed reading the book a lot.
The first “twist“ was kind of predictable from the start

(the one where we find out Xaden didn't tell her everything) 

but I didn't mind. The second twist though, that was a real twist, at least for me. I didn't see it coming at all that

her brother (Brennan?) was alive!

 
The other “reveals“ weren't big mysteries in my opinion either

(the mom who ignores the vernin and the dad who knew all along and was hinting things for her)

but then again, this is not a mystery novel.
The book has its flaws but I was having a great time reading it and actually binged the whole thing in one day because I just couldn't stop.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder