Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard

26 reviews

gwynnfox's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

The complex relationships of war-time is very well written. The magic of the world is easy to understand and unique. They seem to keep forgetting that the main character, who holds thousands of lives in her hands is 16 years old, but the worst part is the supposed romance. There is 0 chemistry between Mare and Cal. Their feelings for each other is unbelievable. The most chemistry Mare ever had with anyone is Maven, and he's a douche and a half. Even Shade and Farley have no chemistry. The pairings don't seem to match up well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Self harm, Slavery, Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Racism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Classism, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Confinement, Grief, and War

rdawnl's review

adventurous dark 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death, War, and Blood

prashiie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

"I am a weapon made of flesh, a sword covered in skin. I was born to kill a king, to end a reign of terror before it can truly begin. Fire and lightning raised Maven up, and fire and lightning will bring him down."

The book starts with Mare and Cal running away with the Scarlet Guard. She is ready to go on a quest to find others like her before Maven hunts them all down. There are so many newbloods out there with amazing abilities.

"I could control it if I wanted. I could shut this whole thing down. I could drown us all."
In this book, Mare is very confident of herself and her powers. She realises that she is very powerful and dangerous.

"Lightning has no mercy."
But she is also very angry at the world, especially at the Silvers for the injustice that they bring upon Reds and the newbloods. She didn’t deem them worthy of her mercy which scared and infuriated Cal.

"Anyone can betray anyone."
Maven’s betrayals have really hurt her and now Mare finds it very difficult to trust the people around her. This very sentence haunts her throughout the story.

I did expect Mare and Call to renew their romantic interest in each other, but they are both so traumatised by recent events that this didn’t happen. Mare’s relationship with Kilorn also changed. She realises that they have both grown much since their time in the Stilts. He is a great friend to her!
And at the end, she managed to kill Queen Elara. I expected more of a fight between them - it seemed quite abrupt. At the same time, she also loses her beloved brother Shade. I really liked Shade and his powers, so his death was quite shocking. Unfortunately, Mare ends up in Maven’s hands again to save the people she cares about and he is not happy about his mother’s death.

 

Very excited to see how the next book plays out!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Torture, Xenophobia, Classism, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Murder, Toxic relationship, Child death, and Death

Minor: Violence, Stalking, and War

julienicole1106's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Classism, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Torture, Vomit, War, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

stitchof's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Hate crime, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, War, Gaslighting, Torture, Death, Death of parent, Misogyny, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Death, Genocide, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

emmacartlidge's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Blood

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Fire/Fire injury

micaelamariem's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I absolutely loved finally diving back into this world and seeing how Mare’s journey progresses. I’m always a sucker for YA fantasy and dystopians, so I probably will always rate them highly, but I didn’t want to stop reading this. Lately, though I’ve always loved a redemption arc, I’ve been loving the exploration of when it’s okay to do some morally gray things and when do we turn into monsters if that’s who we’re trying to defeat? Mare’s grip on her own morality and her learning to love and trust again are the biggest themes of this book. I loved meeting new characters and getting more depth in the old ones. I didn’t like Cal in the first book, but now I’m in love! And I don’t hate Kilorn anymore. And I have a deeper understanding of Farley. Though there may be animosity between characters, I’m sensing some found family vibes coming and I am so here for it. Though the ending was such a disheartening cliffhanger, that I’m almost scared to start the next book! (Good thing I don’t have it yet I guess eh?) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Blood, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Violence, Child death, Torture, Vomit, and War

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Abandonment, Animal death, Pregnancy, and Slavery

kingspite618's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, War, Blood, Child death, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Murder

sarahdoggen's review

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

2.5

Mare is a real “oh god I’m so dark, I'm so fucked up, you should see my heart, it’s black” - kind of pick me girl and I hated it, but I do want to know how the story progresses, so i’ll probably read the next book (also because I’m a sucker for Maven and I wanna know how he turns out).
Ending was well written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Violence, and War

birdie770's review

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Grief, Murder, Violence, and War