Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

172 reviews

hjb_128's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Medical content, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Stalking, Torture, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

blairlynn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Wow! What a ride!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Gaslighting, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Violence, War, Cursing, Medical content, and Murder

kbairbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Are you absolutely, all the way kidding me. That was amazing. I am freakin speechless right now. I can’t even think right now. My brain is everywhere and nowhere all at once. Am I real? Is this book real? Is this author for freaking real?! What!! Incredible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, War, Genocide, Gore, Torture, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Body horror, and Violence

miranda_coward03's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Death, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, War, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gaslighting, and Death of parent

kelsey_mary's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Sequel to Fourth Wing where we follow Violet and Xaden's first year apart has he is stationed after graduation and she is in her second year at school. They get to see each other every week since their dragons are bonded, but the villians do everything to keep the two of them apart. Violet is determined to learn more about the revolution since Xaden is still keeping secrets from her, which is causing a strain in their relationship. Violet focuses on figuring out how the wards were put in place to protect the land south of the current wards where the revolution is making camp. Along the way she encounter Xaden's ex - a Griffon rider from beyond the wards. The smut was great and the ending literally ripped my heart out. Didn't give a full 5 stars because the writing wasn't as good as the first, and this is definitely a set up book for the books to come. High hopes for the rest of this series. I think about the characters in this every day.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, and War

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense 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

5.0

This follow-up to "Fourth Wing" did not disappoint. It continued with non-stop action, twists and turns, and romance to make for terrific storytelling. It'll be hard to wait another year for the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, War, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Death of parent, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Body horror, Bullying, Body shaming, Forced institutionalization, Death, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

anne_reader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual content, Cursing, Death, Grief, Gore, War, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Blood, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Medical trauma

marissa_nancy_nicole's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

Graphic: Death of parent, Animal death, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, War, Blood, Murder, Torture, Violence, Chronic illness, and Death

Moderate: Gore, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

hezzahrae's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

The only thing keeping this from being a full 4 stars is the fact that the author clearly has favorite descriptor words and phrases that don't actually do much for the scene. Their continued use can get annoying and take you out of the moment. 

That said, it's not a bad read/listen. There are quite a few moments that are fairly predictable but just enough twists to keep you guessing. I did feel quite a bit of emotion at the end so kudos to the author/narrator for being able to immerse the reader in such a tear-jerking scene.

I also feel like this book could have been split into two, because the amount of information that is in both "parts" can get hard to keep up with after so long. The twist at the last two chapters had me gasping. Now, I must suffer the wait. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Death, Sexual content, Gore, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Blood

alliereads725's review against another edition

adventurous medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore