Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Year of the Reaper by Makiia Lucier

12 reviews

valpuri's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Blood, Confinement, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Torture, and Xenophobia

Minor: War, Homophobia, Rape, and Vomit

yomireads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

5.0

A perfect YA Fantasy standalone. Set in the political aftermath of a plague that sweeps across a continent, yet so much more than that. Assassination plots, ghosts, scenes of trauma and recovery; this is a thrilling story with compelling characters propelling the plot along every step of the way.

A lost price returned home with a dark past lurking over his shoulder, and secrets both behind and ahead of him for him to keep or uncover.

A princess with a whole lot of spunk, and none of the shirked responsibility often found in YA heirs.

And supporting cast that hooked me from the outset.  

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, War, Infertility, and Vomit

shannnne_reads_words's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Violence, Death, and Murder

Minor: Infertility, Death of parent, Vomit, Blood, Child death, Animal death, Confinement, Torture, and War

maregred's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Torture, Medical trauma, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, War, Violence, Grief, and Xenophobia

Minor: Vomit, Homophobia, Blood, Abandonment, and Mental illness

sarahbythebook's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

I really, really enjoyed this book. I appreciate the author's interest in history, and I personally enjoyed reading this despite the recent-ness of COVID. 

The loss of half a star is from wanting there to be about 50 more pages tying up the ending. It felt very rushed and even some parts were left unexplained. <spoilers>I wanted to know so much more about him seeing the ghosts. Why him? Why not Jehan if she survived the plague? Why could Izaro see a ghost he couldn't? So many loose threads with that one specific plot line. Still a fantastic read, and I can't wait to dig into more by this author!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Animal death

Moderate: Grief and Medical trauma

Minor: Vomit and War

Don't read this if stuff about widespread illness is upsetting to you at this time

moni8's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

1.5

i wish i wouldn’t have wasted my time reading this book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Vomit

plague, kinda ptsd

lennie_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Violence, Animal death, Confinement, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Vomit, Drug abuse, and Body horror

coconut_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

J'ai beaucoup aimé les personnages, et surtout la relation entre Cas et Lena. Leur relation romantique/platonique change de ce que j'ai pu lire et ça a très bien fonctionné dans cette histoire.

 De plus, je pensais avoir résolu le mystère mais je me suis fait avoir par les fausses pistes de l'auteure, rendant le plot twist encore plus inattendu. 

Le thème de la résilience y est présent et très bien amené, surtout après la résolution du mystère. 

J'aurais aimé que le passé et la capacité de Cas à voir et communiquer avec les fantômes nous soient d'avantage expliqué et qu'il y ai une sorte de prologue "5 ans après"

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Murder, and Torture

Minor: Medical trauma and Vomit

kestrel's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

 I loved this book so much! It's an overall well-crafted story with characters that feel real, and with a very cozy atmosphere despite the horrible things that happened in the past and the new danger in the present. While I can think of possible additions that could have made the book perfect (like perhaps a few pages more with the main antagonist), I feel so emotionally connected with this story that I don't care. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Infertility, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death, Vomit, and War

kbairbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This was fantastical enough where it brought the sense of escapism, but realistic enough to feel the hit. I will say I feel like the author left a loose end with the whole sewing ghosts aspect, but I did appreciate how Cas went back and buried Jehan’s body and her guards bodies. With so much experience in hurt and pain and death Cas was still such a kind soul. This book had a simple feel to it like a story told around a fireplace but also it felt like Graceling to me. The main character/narrator had a simpler feel to them than in the books I normally pick up. Nonetheless this was a delightful read and I devoured it in two days. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, and War

Moderate: Alcohol and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death