Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Born of Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

16 reviews

chi__'s review against another edition

4.75

lighthearted tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief

Minor: Confinement, Physical abuse, Torture, Vomit, Gaslighting

taryn_g's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Alcohol

purzim's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War

Moderate: Confinement, Torture, Vomit, Kidnapping, Pregnancy

wackly93's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt

zomigi's review against another edition

2.0

dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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The politics of this book is bonkers to me. I'm supposed to believe that the good guys are the ones who declare that there needs to be a single-party system and anyone who won't swear allegiance to them they'll murder and then install one of their lackeys on the seat of government for each sub-country? What kind of fascist USSR bullshit is this? And after Sera commits literal atrocities the lesson she takes away from it is, I should never have tried to be a better person, I should have leaned all the way into being a murderous unhinged monster from the start?? Wtf? Yeah, Kolis is worse, but that's not saying much. A jar of expired mayonnaise would make a better ruler than Kolis—it doesn't mean that Sera and Nyktos are actually good. This book made me deeply dislike Sera, which is a shame, because I had been enjoying Sera/Ash more than Poppy/Cas. It was also deeply unpleasant to read about her dealing with her trauma, I think even more so than reading the actual trauma occuring in the last book. Btw, why'd you have to retcon her abuse to include fingering now Jennifer?? Just to twist the knife? It would have made a better point about her assault not being "nothing" if you didn't include touching genitals but showed that this is assault regardless. I was also stressed out the whole time about the effect Sera's PTSD/depression would be having on her babies, and pissed off that once she learned she was pregnant she refused to stop fighting to protect them. I am getting so tired of "badass" female characters who are only badass because they're aggressive, violent, and reckless. I want a female character to be badass because she is smart, calculating, and controlled! Show me the power in restraint! Anyway, Attes and Holland are wonderful and nearly everyone else is annoying to me at this point. I'm going to stick with the series because I've come this far, but man am I pissed at how much potential this series had and how far it went off the rails.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, War

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol

sarah_speaks's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous dark emotional 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship

Minor: Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Alcohol

lorengreads626's review against another edition

3.75

emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I liked this book, but it could’ve been shorter. The first half felt like it dragged on, but the second half moved much quicker. It was a fitting conclusion to the flesh and fire series with tie ins to the blood and ash series explaining the connection between the two series better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Vomit

potatolord's review against another edition

3.25

reflective sad slow-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, War

Moderate: Body shaming, Blood, Abortion, Alcohol

vettechmama3's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad 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: Yes

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Not going to lie, the first like quarter to half of this book was a bore. It was so slow and nothing was happening. And then it took a turn and was back to back information and twists and turns and intriguing. Overall I still liked the book and I still loved the characters, but the first portion easily could've been condensed to like 3 chapters tops. Can't wait to see how the next book of B&A goes and intertwines with F&F. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Grief, War

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Pregnancy

Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

kayanoelle's review against another edition

1.5

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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this could’ve been an email

too much talking and everything relevant happened in 15 pages snippets

“Dear readers,
Seraphena and Nyktos entomb Kolis (but we already knew that) and Sera decrees that her name shall be forgotten to prevent Sortoria’s soul from rising as the Primal of Life and Death. Oh, and Callum has the star with Sortoria’s soul for some reason (because that’s balance<3)
xoxo”

the only good thing about this book was Attes, I love you bro🫶🏻🫶🏻
I cannot stand Nyktos and Seraphena, my God. Maybe just don’t kill one million people whenever someone breathes at you wrong. I literally wanted to rip my hair out when Nyktos would SNARL at people for looking at Sera, get a grip, you’re like 250 years old. Also, why did everyone speak like a five year old? Why do we need to say fuck in every sentence? Why was this 700 pages long😫
Books 1 and 2 were some of my favorite books I’ve ever read (same goes for fbaa) so imagine my disappointment:)) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, War

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Suicide attempt