Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The King of Crows by Libba Bray

7 reviews

ashdawn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

4.0

While still good, and a logical ending to The Diviners series, this was definitely my least favorite book of the series. It felt like it lost some of the relationship aspect between the characters for a large portion of the book, and was probably 200 pages longer than it needed to be. 

That being said, still good. The portrayal of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was incredible (and brought attention to an event I wasn't aware/had never heard taught before). Theta's healing was AMAZING, I loved her whole character arch so much!

The diversity in characters and perspectives was great. But, with that diversity plus their settings, there are a TON of big issues that could be triggering. Overall, I feel like the author handled/discussed them well, while also doing so in a way that makes sense in the 1920s setting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racial slurs, Murder, Racism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexism, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Hate crime, and Fire/Fire injury

vanesst's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Domestic abuse, Child death, and Grief

Minor: Ableism and Antisemitism

midnightgremlin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, and Misogyny

ellanarose's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Racism, Animal death, Antisemitism, Gun violence, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Violence, Xenophobia, and War

Minor: Ableism

aprlshowers's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense slow-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

This is easily one of my favorite books. Bray does an excellent job of bringing together the previous books and concluding eachcof the plot lines. But more than that, the overarching theme of never forgetting the sins of the past, the ghost that is ever present in US history is brought home in this book. As a practicing historian, this book means so much to me and I cry every time I read it. It helps that I love each of the characters. I wish more people knew about this series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Confinement

Minor: Domestic abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Animal death, Body horror, and Death

larareads's review

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Murder, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content and Slavery

riella_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.0

 Maybe this is an unpopular opinion, as I've seen many negative reviews on this last book. However I can say I really enjoyed this entire series, including this book. As sad as I am to be leaving these characters for good, I'm glad there's no plans for them in the future, as they have gone through a lot. If you haven't read this series yet I highly recommend you do! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Grief, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence