Reviews tagging 'Dysphoria'

The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas

111 reviews

ehwesson's review

I am not interested in YA and the Teenage flirt scenes and undeveloped brains were giving me anxiety 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dysphoria

Minor: Death and Child death

jo_lzr's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

This book HAS to be adapted into an animated series!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Moderate: Dysphoria and War

Minor: Child death

thenextbookdilemma's review

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Bullying

Moderate: Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Blood

fanboyriot's review

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

4.0

The world building to this was so interesting, I loved how it all came together and how the gods were there with the humans.  Think a young adult mash up of Percy Jackson and The Hunger Games—and make it queer.

It did take me a few chapters to fully get invested in this but once I did I ended up reading twenty-two chapters in one sitting. 

Obviously, I’m not a fan with how this ended but luckily I waited long enough to read this to know it ended on a major cliffhanger.  So it wasn’t quite as devastating.

Release Date: 06, September 2022

POV: Third Person

Rep: Trans (MC), LGBTQIA+ characters, BIPOC characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Dysphoria, Bullying, Blood, and Classism

Moderate: Grief, War, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Cursing, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, and Death

Minor: Transphobia, Child death, Animal death, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

erikagibson126's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Child death, Classism, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Grief, Bullying, Murder, and Dysphoria

bookgodz's review

adventurous funny 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

handful_of_frogs's review

adventurous funny 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Violence, Bullying, Physical abuse, Blood, Classism, and Death

jachnax's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Dysphoria, Death, and Classism

Moderate: War

sapphic_necromancer's review

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Dysphoria, and Violence

mattiedancer's review

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

3.5

Writing: 3.5⭐️/5 

The writing in this story is serviceable and clear. Personally, I found a hard time getting into the novel. It took me two attempts to get into the novel, despite reading several chapters into the story both times. The lack of a clear and immediate hook presented a problem; however, as the novel went on, the stakes definitely pulled me in and I was more engaged. If you’re thinking of picking up this book, there might be a bit of a waiting period for the writing to grab you.

Characters: 4⭐️/5

The characters were both fun and realistic. I loved learning about their connections, their various personalities, and their motives and dreams. Some of the characters lacked a bit of polish to me, and I certainly would have loved a few more characters to develop a bit more clearly, but overall the characters shined.

Plot: 3.5⭐️/5 

The plot is fun – and predictable. I enjoyed the world, honestly, more than the plot. I had fun sinking into this world classified by your connection to the gods, and loved learning about the powers and the trials. The actual plot though felt like an aside to the world and, though it eventually wrapped me in, I would have loved a bit more focus here. 

Who Should Read This Book? 

• Fans of LGBTQ+ fantasy novels
• Fans of young adult fantasy books
• Those looking for a cute but strained-by-situation love story
• Those looking for something a bit different, but backed by familiar tropes and plotlines

Content Warnings? 

• Violence, blood, bullying, dysphoria, child abuse, fire, fire injury, injury detail, classism, child death, death, 

Post-Reading Rating:  3⭐️/5

I had fun, but I wouldn’t seek out the next one. 

Final Rating: 3.5⭐️/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Murder, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail