Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski

62 reviews

tdnan's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.5

The first half of this book was sooo slow, which was kinda crazy because I felt like things were ramping up in the last one. Once again, I enjoyed how much these  characters discuss their own philosophy driving them through the tumultuous political climate of war they find themselves in. I finally felt like Geralt was pushed to develop a bit more, while Ciri just sort of got sidelined. The whole vampire blood-drinking as alcoholism bit was legitimately making me laugh. There were a certain amount of twists I truly was surprised by, which I loved. I feel like this book continued to have an atmosphere and messaging that I really enjoyed, but the plot itself didn’t hold up as much for me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Violence, and War

geekmom's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

4.25

This was probably my favourite of these books so far. A well-paced story that is moving forward after seeming to meander in the last couple of instalments in this series...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Abortion, Violence, Miscarriage, and Misogyny

obsidianchainsaw's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: War, Sexism, Abortion, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Rape, and Miscarriage

akkalabuns's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Miscarriage and Rape

bellemarier's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual violence

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Pregnancy and Sexual assault

sage_bee's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-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

3.0

I love this series very much but I don't think this was ass good as the previous ones. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Rape, War, and Miscarriage

skitch41's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War

Minor: Gore and Miscarriage

breamfish1138's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.75

Sapkowski walked so George R.R. Martin could run. If you've not read the previous Witcher books you'll be lost as hell, but if so, you'll likely bloody love it. Closest thing I can describe it as is Apocalypse Now with swords.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Rape, War, Alcohol, Biphobia, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Xenophobia, Vomit, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Torture, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Pregnancy, and Violence

shiveryteacup's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Animal death, Blood, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Abortion, Miscarriage, Death, and Medical content

mcmeiss'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, War, Vomit, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Blood, Body horror, Animal death, Death, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abortion, Stalking, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Torture, and Cursing

Minor: Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Mental illness, Child abuse, Medical trauma, and Excrement