Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

35 reviews

eemi42's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.25

Ok I'll take back the negative things I've said about this series because THIS. This is the flavor of epic I had been promised with this series.

The story opens into an ensemble cast, with Celaena/Aelin and Rowan (my new favorite character, sorry Chaol) in Wendlyn; Chaol, Dorian, Sorscha, and Aedion in Rifthold; and Manon and the Ironteeth witches in the Ferian gap. Additionally, as more information about Celaena was revealed, she became more 3D, more likeable. I find it easy to identify with and root for her now.
I'm still not sure where things are headed with Manon.

There were some themes in this book that reminded me of A Court of Silver Flames, like Celaena feeling useless and avoiding her responsibilities until forced training helps her out of it. I enjoyed it then and I enjoy it now. Though—dare I say it—this might be a better series than ACOTAR.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Murder, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Gore, Vomit, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

rivercat0338's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Animal death

nikkic66's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Grief, Violence, Death of parent, Blood, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, War, and Torture

spatterson7's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, and Slavery

Minor: Sexual content, Excrement, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Child death, Cursing, and Vomit

tiredtori's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Cannibalism, Torture, and Mental illness

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Kidnapping, Excrement, Hate crime, Animal death, Grief, Slavery, War, and Vomit

emilywemily6's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

Amazing!! I devoured this book and I can’t wait for the next one. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. I thoroughly enjoyed following every perspective and am so excited to see where these characters go from here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, War, Violence, Animal death, Torture, Death, Grief, Hate crime, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Murder, Child death, Alcohol, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual content and Medical content

michellehrice's review against another edition

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

emsavors's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Animal death, Torture, Vomit, Body horror, Gore, War, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Child death, and Violence

meghansarmiento97's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Body horror, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and War

knitmonstera's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.0

There is a lot of improvement in this book compared to the rest of the series so far! Less telling, more showing, less chatting, more action. I was really not prepared for the ending and it was a little sad. There’s a lot of killing, you’d think that there’s a problem with that? Like, supply issues or angry peasants? It’s not really addressed. I’m excited for the next one! (But not excited Rowan isn’t going to be in it also it’s kinda weird he’s low key mated with a 19yo) 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Clearly made up animals are severely beaten/tortured, BUT, there is redemption for the animals.