Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

22 reviews

mj1588's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Torture, Slavery, Child abuse, Colonisation, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Gore, Grief, Xenophobia, War, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Blood, Rape, and Sexual harassment

dlsmk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Bullying, Violence, Murder, Child death, Physical abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

Minor: Abortion

kaitrates's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

I really enjoyed this AND it was tough to read at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Slavery, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Gore and Body horror

scorttarius's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring fast-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

4.5

I went in expecting this book to be a lot all the other fantasy books but it was more dystopian than anything and I loved it. It even got me to look past a double love triangle if you think about it and I HATE that trope 😅. It reminded me a lot of Hunger Games and even though I haven’t fully finished Game of Thrones I can see why people would relate it as such. The chapters were short and so it was easy to get through. I finished in 5 hours. I cannot read to read the next book in the series

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Abandonment, Body horror, Slavery, Blood, Death, Gore, Murder, and Physical abuse

shortsweet123's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.5

This book is a trip, there’s a lot of intense things that happen. Without spoiling anything I’ll just say that every character in this book suffers in some way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Death, Murder, and Blood

amandalorianxo's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective slow-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

4.5

This is the first book in a fantasy series I should have started reading a long time ago but I'm glad I was able to pick this up when it was available. The world building didn't leave me feeling lost or confused (although some titles I might have to list again so I don't get the individual groups confused.) Elias and Laia are great on their own as characters and I can't wait to see where the rest of the series takes them next :) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Child abuse

Moderate: Grief, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Blood, Death of parent, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Forced institutionalization

andie13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Slow start where I really didn’t like it, but then it got really good after I kept reading

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Blood, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

chloenk_1011's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Murder, Body horror, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death of parent, Misogyny, Blood, Sexual harassment, and War

bookswithkoda's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child abuse, Body horror, Classism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Torture

Moderate: Abandonment

kkenna7's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

Good enough to make me wanna read book two, especially in the last third of it. Helene is an absolute nightmare of a character but I suppose that's on purpose so who can be mad, really. Curious to see how the rest of the series turns out!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Classism, Murder, Physical abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Sexual harassment, and Slavery