Reviews tagging 'Child death'

A la caza del fuego by Hafsah Faizal

62 reviews

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.25

Tbh…? This was very predictable and did read like a first book :/ some cringey writing highlights (SPOILER WARNING)
‘‘But you’ll be dead and I’ll be… Okht I’ll be alone,’ Lana whispered. Zafira’s eyes burned. ‘It’s what Baba would have wanted.’’ Lol wut?
And
‘Deen’s throat would never bob again.’ Lol wut

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder, Grief, Physical abuse, Torture, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Self harm

aklovekorn's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

caityreviews's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.75

It was a solid YA book, but it's just really not my style. If you anly read YA, I think you would enjoy the book a lot more than I did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, Death, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death of parent and Child abuse

Minor: Child death

bri__'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I really enjoyed this book, the chapters are versatile being both long and short and the dual pov was captivating. I was deeply enraptured in the writing style and main relationship of the characters. I will say I did not expect the plot twists and I found the main conflict scene to be very fast paced compared to the build up but other than that I found this to be an entertaining read and im anticipating the pure pain of the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, War, Child death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Torture

kbairbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This book gave me strong high fantasy vibes. I spent the first while confused because so many names, nicknames, words, and languages were thrown at me and although I got more used to it as the book went on even by the end I was still confused. That’s on me I’m sure as the reader but I also didn’t enjoy the romance (either of them) or the characters, or the fight scenes.. I dunno this was a dark high fantasy but I didn’t connect to any of it and the constant pov change and many tiny chapters felt exhausting to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gaslighting, Genocide, Physical abuse, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Abandonment, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Child death, Classism, and Misogyny

takarakei's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

Title of review: get the audiobook!

I listened to only the audiobook for the first ~25% and then finished the rest in one day by doing a combo of audiobook + reading a physical copy (the first time I've done that which I did enjoy). That first 25% was pretty slow going only on audiobook, and I definitely made use of the author/book's website to look up the map and the terminology/characters many many times as I was quite confused with what words meant (wish these were in the physical book for easy reference, idk how people get through without it).

The narrators (one for each MC POV) were fantastic - and I definitely think it added to the drama and action/pacing of the latter part of the book. I especially love how the narrator does Altair's voice, it's just perfect and def made him my fav character. The beginning is very slow and not even just because of world building, just like...nothing happens? for a while. Once the quest actually begins the story does pick up and then probably the final half of the book things really get more interesting with the introduction of additional characters, and their interplay/relationships/camaraderie building. By the end I didn't want to put it down, but the ending did feel a bit abrupt. And for that reason I feel like I have to continue reading the series because nothing is resolved at all.

Some romance: enemies to lovers, pretty slow burn (it's YA) 0-1/5 spice

only a kiss

. This is not the main focus of the plot.

I did find the history of the world (the 6 sisters, how magic works) a bit confusing, but I think it's intentionally done

since so much is revealed about who characters are and their relationships as the story progresses.

I likely wouldn't have rated it at 4 stars if I hadn't done the audiobook, but kudos to the publisher for getting great narrators! I'll definitely be doing book 2 on audio also.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Death, and Torture

Moderate: Child abuse, Grief, Death of parent, and Misogyny

Minor: Child death and Injury/Injury detail

fairly graphic parental verbal and physical abuse/torture of child

lavenderbluestories's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Torture, and Murder

Minor: Child death and Slavery

esme_t's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Child death

rhm04's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Torture, Sexism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Child death

kinsportch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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, Child abuse, Murder, Death, Torture, and Sexism

Moderate: Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Blood, Animal death, and Child death