Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

15 reviews

emilywemily6's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Wow this book. The first 25% felt slow, probably because vampires are not my favorite fantasy concept, but then I read the rest of the book in less than 24 hours. This is high fantasy and my brain had a little bit of a hard time wrapping itself around everything for the first part because I wasn’t in the mood I think, but I enjoyed it thoroughly even when it felt a little slow. I loved the magic system and politics, as well as the culture of the entire country. It was well thought out and intriguing to learn about. I appreciated all of the characters’ motivations and found lots of depth in the characters too. The last 80 pages gutted me 😭 it was such an emotional whirlwind. My feelings are so complicated about how it all ended, which is the mark of a well-written and complex book that I am still thinking about. I have no idea where the second book will go but I need to read it asap!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Cursing

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Minor: Alcohol, Grief, Infidelity, and Self harm

rachelsimmet's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Blood, Sexual content, War, Murder, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Slavery, and Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual violence

sari_in_space's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Xenophobia, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Rape

finnickdeservedbetter's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

Imagine The Hunger Games but if Katniss was raised by Snow, they were all vampires besides her, and all the tributes were Careers. Also set in a fantasy world with lots of magic.

For readers who like:
• vampires
• enemies to lovers
• battle to the death  

• hidden powers
• secret identity

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Torture, Sexual violence, War, and Rape

Minor: Death of parent, Vomit, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

eroonie97's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Genocide, Gore, Murder, Xenophobia, Death, Death of parent, Cursing, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Animal death, Alcohol, and Confinement