Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Heart of the Sun Warrior by Sue Lynn Tan

25 reviews

herceia's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

1.0

An unfortunately long and laborious read. I expected so much more since I loved the first book, but this was just disappointing. The characters became caricatures of themselves, making ill-timed and unwarranted declarations. The love triangle was almost childlike. And I’m pretty sure I read the word “squelch” at least ten times. The violence was all the same, with all the same descriptions. It was boring and not at all anything like that which I loved in the first book. The characters were so two-dimensional and none of them grew. I finished it out of my own weird sense of loyalty having loved the first book, but I couldn’t wait for this book to be over. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

clairew97's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and War

victoriousbookworm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, War, Confinement, and Child death

Minor: Animal death

navayiota's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

Somehow even better than the first. So worth the wait. I think this might be the first book to have ever made me romantically interested in a character. Wenzhi stole my heart and it was so unexpected, cause Liwei was and is still my favourite character. I think that it was all executed perfectly. Tan managed to capture the experience of being in love with two people which is usually too difficult to verbalise in an informal setting, nevermind in a book with such wonderful writing. Reading it was a healing experience. I never forgot about the first book and I will never forget about this one either. I don't do re-reads often but I might do it for this series. 

How I wish there was a third book, so we could watch them fall in love again. I wanted more time with Liwei, he was such a pure soul in that way that only fictional people can be. I felt heartbroken for him when Xingyin picked Wenzhi, but it was also healing for me. Seeing someone do everything right, be the best version of themselves and still be rejected because the person they love does not love them back.. Xingyin not wanting him back does not make him any less valuable as a person. It doesn't blow out the light in his soul. He continues to exist. He is her friend. It gives one hope after heartbreak.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Torture, Blood, Child death, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Alcohol and Fire/Fire injury

kirstenf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Death, War, Grief, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent

emolr's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Blood, Grief, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

Minor: Infidelity

kumquats87's review

adventurous hopeful sad medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Classism, Confinement, and War

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty

calicat42's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, War, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Child death, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

leaflit's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad tense 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

4.25

I think I enjoyed the first book more as it had more of the world building and possibly less romantic angst. Felt less *magical* than it did discovering the universe for the first time and the romance stuff went a bit overboard for me in this book but it was still an enjoyable read. A few elements felt kind of thrown in/rushed. Overall engaging and a good balance of action-mushy stuff and angst-comfort. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Murder, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, War, Animal cruelty, and Death of parent

LGBTQ+ side character

sketchydelusion's review against another edition

adventurous sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Gore

Minor: Death of parent and Infidelity