Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel

2 reviews

mheiling's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Antisemitism, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Animal death, Grief, Genocide, Death, Blood, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, and Stalking

Minor: Confinement, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Pregnancy, Excrement, and Sexual violence

wellreadmegs's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Kristin Harmel does it again. She is quickly becoming a must-read author for me. 

I absolutely loved this story of Yona and I felt so many different emotions. As someone who even hates camping, I am fascinated by someone's ability to survive and thrive in the wilderness. It took me a solid 70-80 pages for the book to pick up. But once Yona reached adulthood I didn't want to put the book down. 

Historical fiction is my comfort genre and it was nice to get lost in this story. Every time you thought you knew what was going to happen there were twists and turns right until the very end. I can't wait to read more of Harmel's books! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, War, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail