Reviews tagging 'Torture'

A Fire in the Flesh by Jennifer L. Armentrout

28 reviews

louisepea's review

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, Blood, Confinement, Death, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery, Stalking, Alcohol, Grief, Sexism, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

Minor: Grief, Animal death, Vomit, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicidal thoughts

chloetaida's review

adventurous challenging dark hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Torture, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Physical abuse

km_kett's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

It was really slow with Sera being captured by Kolis and once her and Ash are back together it's like JLA made up all of the missing sex scenes. I skimmed the last portion because of how MUCH damn sex they were having. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Torture

winterzeshoek's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

2.0

This could have been 200 pages shorter. It's sooooo slow and nothing really happens. Also, a lot of the same phrases are used over and over again. A decent editor could have made it so much better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Blood

Moderate: Abandonment, Torture, and Death of parent

Minor: Body shaming, Suicide attempt, and Rape

manaledi's review against another edition

emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.25

This book spent way too long in the first half hitting you over the head with Kolis and the angst only for all the pieces to unroll roughly as expected.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Gore, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia

juliesbooklandreviews's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

Date Started: March 6th 2024
Date Finished: March 16th 2024

Characters: Sera & Nyktos

Rating:  6 🌟 s

Sensitive Themes:
Remember the themes from previous books in the Blood and Ash world

Review:
I finished this  and what a great way to start off where A Light in the Flame left off on a cliffhanger. The journey the characters are still going on, keeps me continuing on with the Blood and Ash/Flesh and Fire world and I cannot wait for the last book in this series to come our. It also continues to make me cry, laugh and feel anger at the main characters as well as the side characters actions, But like I said I love it so very much. Highly recommend both series if you want to either continue or start them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Rape, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Violence, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

victoriapi909's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book is unlike the first two books in this series. It was difficult to read because the first half centers on sexual violence and abuse, but I think JLA tactfully represented the mental and physical impacts of it. I think this book is bridging the Blood and Ash series with this series, and I’m eager to see what unfolds next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, and Torture

mixmastermaeve's review against another edition

1.5

I took about all I could stomach and stoped at 65%, my friend filled me on on the very-not-worth-it remainder of the plot. This book is very different than the first two in the series.  What I read could have been condensed into a few chapters and then we could have moved on. Most chapters could be skipped and honestly, should have been edited out.  Jen really did us dirty with book 3, sadly I think I'm done with this series which is a bummer because I enjoyed the first two books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

jessversteeg's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-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? No

3.75

I really liked this book but I also skipped half of Sera’s internal monologues, which felt like half the book sometimes. I def cried which I haven’t done since Kingdom of Ash. Part of me wants to give it 4* because the parts I loved I really loved, but there was also a lot of “when does this get good again”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Torture

disneyfreak627's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Torture and Sexual assault