Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

A Fire in the Flesh by Jennifer L. Armentrout

41 reviews

ariannalane's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

irisembla's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

itsfranzib's review

adventurous challenging emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Kidnapping

thethingwithfeathers's review against another edition

dark hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.0

first two thirds of the bill is incredibly dark, graphic confinement, misogyny, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, physical violence, gaslighting. Do not tread into this lightly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming, Child death, Fatphobia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Fire/Fire injury

ashliebysmashliereads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

stardust_heidi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

Well. Some of the characters are lovable. Others can rot in the Abyss for eternity. 

I have a lot of conflicted feelings about this book. I think I'd struggle to reread it again, and I hate to say that. However, this book was such a trauma fest. Only the last 15% was somewhat palatable, to be honest.

We deserved that smut fest, tbh.

I really struggled with the fact that it took about 60% of the book for Sera and Ash

to reunite. At least in TWOTQ when they were separated for about half the book, Kieran was with Poppy and we also got Cas's POV on the side. This was just never ending trauma, built again and again on Sera, and that was......rough.

 

There was also SO much info dumping. Like....SO MUCH. I feel like this series is just solid info dumping, so much so that it gets fatiguing after a while. I definitely felt that in this book, and I think the simultaneous trauma Sera endured just made it harder to get through. I really hope someone on insta makes a nice summary infographic on this book, because uuuffffffff. 

MAJOR SPOILER:

The smut fest at the end, though. HOT DAMN. And ASH AND HIS LOVE FOR SERA. I FUCKING KNEW IT. I KNEW IT I KNEW IT I KNEW IT.  The best thing about this book is her ascension and Ash loving Sera. (And Sera hacking Solis to pieces, but who's asking...)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lexi_niclei's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Gaslighting

Minor: Torture

tguccione's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

dani_reis's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

The 40-50 pages of straight smut was too much. The first 70% was so fast paced, and then things got sad and smutty. It did prove that what was done for Soul of Ash and Blood can be done in approximately 3 chapters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and War

kimmag92's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

Overall I enjoyed this installment.  I did find the middle to be a bit slow but this book has so many implications for the main Blood and Ash series that my mind was kind of blown for the intricacy of JLAs plotting.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail