Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim

11 reviews

chrisljm's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.75

I didn’t dislike the romance but I did wish it was more of a slowburn. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Sexism, Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Child death

Moderate: Death of parent, Slavery, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Minor: Abandonment

sofieishere's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: War, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

iwinatcookie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Torture, Animal death, Murder, Violence, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: War, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Blood, and Confinement

meghansarmiento97's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Bullying, Animal death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and War

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.5

I enjoyed most of the book, until we got a bit of an insta love moment and then from there, it became a bit too eye roll dramatic for my taste. It was a good retelling of Mulan and I liked the unique elements it brought but yeah, the romantic relationship became very cringe 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, War, Violence, Bullying, Blood, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Death of parent, and Body horror

themiscyra_anna's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Torture, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming and Alcohol

- threat of sexual slavery AKA unconsentual marriage - historically-inspired setting meaning cissexism in description and assumptions about others and the world - magical personalised and institutionalised form of slavery

madravingintrovert's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-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

 January is ending with a bang!! Here we have the SECOND 5-flapper girls approved book of the year. This is a young adult book and a pretty clean one at that. There is technically a fade-2-black scene but it is so subtle and tastefully done that you almost don't realize that is what is happening. Spin the Dawn has heavy influences in Eastern world lore, India, Middle East, China, Japan and more. This book had me reading into the late hours of the night and falling asleep reading again. It has been a few months since a book gripped me that strongly. There is mostly adventure with a slow burn love story woven through out. I can't say enough good things about this book. I have a stack that are checked out from the library and due soon and an advanced copy book that I am supposed to read soon and all that is going STRAIGHT out the window in favor of the sequel to this book because I HAVE to know what happens next. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Bullying, Grief, Violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Blood, Sexism, War, Chronic illness, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

egurgens's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

A Mulan-esc story, where the daughter of a weakened father is called by her country to participate in an event. However, it's not war, its a tailoring competition, where only men are allowed. Maia has to navigate not only the super competitive competition, but she has to be careful not to appear feminine, and she has to deal with the court enchanter, who seems able to see through her disguise as a man. 
Maia must deal with overly-savage competitors, magic, the enchanter, and the sanshen's daughter, who doesn't want to marry, even to save the country. There are three parts to this story, the competition, the journey, and the results. Maia is strong, confident in her abilities, but has to deal with challenges though impossible. With the help of the court enchanter, Edan, she goes on a journey to accomplish her task, and maybe even develop some feelings along the way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Grief, Abandonment, Murder, Sexism, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, War, Death of parent, Medical content, Sexual content, Police brutality, and Injury/Injury detail

matheo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, War, Gore, and Alcohol

Moderate: Rape and Sexual content

lexabrielle's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

The book was really pretty and I enjoyed it but at the same time I wish Maia's relationship didn't take up as much of the second half as it did, however the action was still somewhat there!! The shift towards romance meant that the pace slowed down a whole lot, which was fine. 

HOWEVER THE WORLDBUILDING????? SO SO GOOD!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, War, and Blood

Minor: Alcoholism and Slavery