Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Iron Flame - Flammengeküsst by Rebecca Yarros

115 reviews

jdromsky's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely fantastic book with so many juicy twists and turns! The more I read of this series the more enamored with the lore of the world I become. This is a fantastic series. Incredibly well thought out. I can’t wait for more!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, and War

lrowan's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and War

lindsayhwrites's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.5

It seems likely that the editor made Yarros change the structure of this book, because otherwise it makes no sense. Great descriptions, good spicy scenes, but the pacing was awful and the inner monologue was repetitive. I'd bet good money that the ending was meant to be the midpoint. I want to rate it higher for RY's sake but I'm not sure that's fair.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

princessrory's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, and Colonisation

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, and Gaslighting

sariereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ashlynndr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The end is a roller coaster of emotions. I didn’t like the first book very much but this one was 10x better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Torture, Violence, Murder, and War

Minor: Cursing, Gore, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

cait's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kaileet's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lizziaha's review against another edition

2.75

I think that this book was ultimately just too formulaic. I felt like I was just rereading the first book. Yarros even tried to replicate the whole enemies to lovers vibe, which was annoying given that the characters were already lovers. On that note, Violet just annoyed me in this one. Many of her choices seemed to exist only to drive the plot, rather than because of her characterization. Despite the lack of growth for Violet and Xaden, I did love to see some of the other characters really grow into their own in this book. Some of them truly took me by surprise. I wish Yarros had focused a little more on other characters instead of rehashing the same things over and over again in Violet’s head. And speaking of rehashing—there were a few too many action scenes in this for me. It felt repetitive and made the book drag out for longer than it needed to be. And despite the high stakes, I didn’t feel the tension that they deserve. Violet never really fails at anything, and it starts to feel too easy at a certain point. The series definitely has interesting worldbuilding and concepts but I don’t think it’s executed as well as it could be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Kidnapping and Abandonment

hxlleann's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail