Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Red Skies Falling by Alex London

5 reviews

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, War, Gore, Body horror, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Hate crime, Murder, Child death, Racism, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, and Racial slurs

Minor: Slavery, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Abandonment, Excrement, Domestic abuse, Genocide, and Vomit

kylieqrada's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

While not a 5 star like the first book, this one was still super fun!! I love the queer-normative world and the mental health rep. Just a few things didn't perfectly line up for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Gore, and Physical abuse

Minor: Sexual content and Vomit

foreverinastory's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Rep: Aroace BIPOC female MC, achillean (gay coded) BIPOC male MC, achillean male side character, side WLW couple.

CWs: Animal death, blood, death, fire, injury/injury detail, murder, violence, war. Moderate: gore, torture, sexual content, past mentions of child abuse & physical abuse. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and War

Moderate: Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

sandy_21's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, War, Violence, Blood, and Death

nobirdtennis's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

oh my god i love this book SO MUCH! this book is just as good as the first, if not better. i loved black wings beating so much, and this felt like the right direction to go next. the character development was a meaningful extension of what happened in bwb. i wasn’t sure how i felt about the political themes at first, but they grew on me over the course of the book. kylee and brysen are both such well written characters. they feel real. i love jowyn and brysen’s relationship! the world building was developed well as well. there’s not anything i can think of that i didn’t like about this book! i love the different ways the  dynamic between predator and prey was utilized: in politics, in war, and between birds and humans. the hollow tongue is an amazing way to explore characters’ motivations. i would most definitely recommend this book to anyone who loved the first, and i’d recommend the series to anyone who likes books with queer representation, fantasy books, or both!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Sexual content and Vomit