Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta

36 reviews

mirrorstorm_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted sad

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Violence, and Body horror

Minor: Torture and Fire/Fire injury

audreyreadz's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Torture, War, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Classism

oliverreeds's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Police brutality, Torture, Alcohol, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, War, and Violence

recycled_personalities's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.75

HOLY SHIT! Ok it’s like a little slow at the beginning BUT I SWEAR JUST KEEP GOING IT GETS SO GOOD. I’m immediately buying the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Cursing, Medical content, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, and War

Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Abandonment, Bullying, Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, and Physical abuse

janereadz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense fast-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

3.25

I honestly feel like after

eris and so a escape from the academy and they kinda become friends

there is no development in their relationship or even their characters that made me go "okay yeah they're learning". I feel like it was a lot of back and forth on the same ground the entire time without much development. I still enjoyed the story and all the side characters were absolutely loveable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, War, and Fire/Fire injury

dododenise's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.5

I just wasn‘t that into it. I don’t know where it went wrong, because it definitely isn’t a bad book. Somehow it just didn’t work for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Confinement, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Death of parent and War

pixelpigeon's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Love love love love gay gay gay gay

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, War, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Blood, and Body horror

ramunepocky's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

"If this world has taught me anything, it's that humans have no right playing pretend at being Gods." 

I absolutely adored this book with every fibre of my being; it made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me tense and on my toes, it made me feel so many emotions. Sometimes the world building and fight scenes were a little hard to wrap my head around, but only because there are mechas involved and I have little experience with them besides a single anime and so they are an entirely new and overwhelming, but equally fascinating. Genuinely, the world building was so so so fascinating to me, and I thoroughly enjoyed learning about their world and how it related to the characters.

I LOVE THE CHARACTERS IN THIS BOOK SO SO SO MUCH, esp Eris' crew; the found family element between those kids makes my lil heart so fucking happy.

which is why it broke me so much when Xander dies

I especially love Theo and Nova, and their entire dynamic just makes me laugh, and Xander esp when he

steals the eye from Jenny for Sona

that had me tearing up so much

Jenny was absolutely my favourite character, she made me laugh so much, I love her entire attitude and the way she just does not give a shit what people think, she just shouts at them and does whatever the fuck she wants bc she knows she can. Her dynamic with Eris is just perfect; the sibling bickering, but with real care and love underneath all that. 
And of course, I loved Eris and Sona so fucking much. I cant even articulate just how much and why I love them, but Gods, I loved them.so so much and seeing their trust build and grow and turn into care and love

Also thebending !!!! Wtf !!! Im so glad I waited until Godslayers to read it bc I wouldnt have been able.to cope

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Child death

whatjasread's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

- i haven't read a lot of cyberpunk (have i read ANY?) but this was a treat
- and it's sapphic
- I think the book was too long for what it was, not a lot happened in 400 pages, it could easily have been shorter
- the found family element was great
- i liked the dystopian rebellion vibes, although i do think i needed more vitriol throughout
- i don't think i'd personally pick up the second book, just because i don't think it'll hold my interest, but this was a solid book

TWs: child abuse, blood, torture, vomiting, explosion, violence, gun use, fire, injury, death of child, death of parents (before book)

Tropes/themes/rep: rebellion, sapphic cyberpunk (bi+ FMCs and secondary FC), found family

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Blood, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

daniellestarredpages's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

5.0

Review to come

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Murder, War, Death, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

Moderate: Torture