Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski

78 reviews

bellemarier's review

3.75

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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Sexual assault, Pregnancy

sage_bee's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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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: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, War

skitch41's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War

Minor: Gore, Miscarriage

breamfish1138's review against another edition

4.75

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

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

ksixsmithjames's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

mcmeiss's review against another edition

4.0

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

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

breezie_reads's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Oh... my... God. So much happened in this that it left me reeling. I don't know how someone can write political discussions in a way that has me hanging on every word, but Andrzej Sapkowski did it. What he also did was wrench my heart out of my chest and stomp on it. I have never foamed at the mouth for that specific niche of found family where they get separated and have to find each other again, but I'm doing it now.

This book was nonstop. Which is crazy, because all they're really doing is just traveling, when we aren't following the political discussions of the Lodge or the Kings, but so much happens within that travel it gives you whiplash.

The character development in this was also pristine. Not so much for Dandelion, I don't think there's any hope for him changing, but for Geralt to change the way he has throughout these books is an amazing thing to read, and the same goes for Yennefer and Ciri. Especially Ciri, actually. We don't see much of her in this book, but what we do see is heartbreaking. I cannot wait to read the next book. This series has me in a chokehold.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, War

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Animal death, Pregnancy

aimeewoodworks's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, War

erin_knor's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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: Complicated

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I didn't hate, but I didn't love it. Lots of repetition and unnecessary description. I like the tale with the vampire and the part when Yennifer appeared.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Miscarriage

izraehl's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny tense slow-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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail