Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Iron Flame - Flammengeküsst by Rebecca Yarros

159 reviews

risarcheron's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Predictable fantasy story with a very predictable ending. Marginally better than the first in the series. The FMC is supposed to be super smart, but makes some dumb choices in the book that don’t align with her background knowledge. The FMC and MMC’s relationship is somewhat annoying…it’s giving off a toxic Chuck Bass / Blair Waldorf relationship. (8 letters…3 words….IYKYK.) Their relationship is a constant cycle that repeats itself over and over again with the same type of conflict. Very little growth for either character.

The writing feels immature at times. The entire series reads as a YA series with frequent curse words / more graphic sex scenes.

Not the best fantasy series, but it’s good if you need a palate cleanser / don’t want to think too hard when reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, War

Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Toxic relationship, Death of parent

Minor: Gaslighting

marvelouslestrange's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional 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

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So what the hell did I just read? That was amazing. It kept me engaged just as much as the first book, and the character development of both Violet and Xaden was phenomenally done. The plot twists are never ending and well executed. It’s just genuinely so good. 

Love doesn’t even have the decency to die. It just transforms into abject misery. That’s what this ache in my chest is: misery. Because love, at its root, is hope. Hope for tomorrow. Hope for what could be. Hope that the someone you’ve entrusted your everything to will cradle and protect it. And hope? That shit is harder to kill than a dragon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug use, Physical abuse

Minor: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content

emryn9's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Don't have a ton to say. It was a good sequel, some good plot twists that were foreshadowed well through out. Overall a fun read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders

musicdaph's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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: No

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My favorite series EVER. First time I feel SEEN in fantasy as a chronically ill person with chronic pain. The representation and the dragons and the characters and the world building make this book a 100/5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Grief, Alcohol, Classism

tiddlerridds's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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excited to read the third one after this and it kept me very well occupied throughout an 8 hour coach journey! the ending cliffhanger made me want to scream in public because how can you END IT LIKE THAT 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, Blood

realempathy7's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

kam_be's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail

antimony27's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Torture, Blood, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Abandonment

kat1105's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War

lakota333's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness