Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard

40 reviews

thoughtsontomes's review against another edition

hopeful 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

3.5

This feels like a prince of a larger novel but one that I would enjoy.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Domestic abuse

clarabooksit's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Blood

shadeyc's review

challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I think it's safe to say I really enjoy de Bodard's writing. 
This was glorious, I wish there was more. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Confinement, and Fire/Fire injury

acecln's review against another edition

challenging tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Moderate: Violence and Fire/Fire injury

booksthatburn's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Princess Thanh is trying to reconcile what she wants as the youngest royal child in a small country being pressured by a larger one. She has a strained relationship with her mother, a past romance with one of the royal foreigners, and a strange connection with a girl made of fire. Short and good, this blends interpersonal and political drama as Thanh figures out what she wants and whom she loves.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Colonisation, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

anna_hepworth's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Beautifully written, fabulous characterisation, detailed world building. Lots of things I love, but it is also tense epic fantasy politics, and really it doesn't matter the quality of anything, I just don't love the sub-genre. So, lots of great scenes, and the plot holds together fabulously, but there were moments where I wasn't sure I was going to finish the book in one sitting. 

As well as the politics, there are darker aspects of a family relationship (our protagonist, Princess Thanh, has a difficult relationship with their mother, the Empress), manipulating 'romantic' relationships, and what is possibly best described as hostage negotiation. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Domestic abuse

Serious red flags in one of the relationships, which I've tagged as domestic abuse, but is more complicated than that.

khargaotte's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I guess this book has made me realize precisely why I tend to gravitate toward longer, medium paced books when it comes to fiction (especially fantasy): I need more time to get attached to the characters, understand them and care for them, than can be provided in such a short format. Otherwise still a good story, and I would have loved to discover more about the setting! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Emotional abuse

memoriast's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Abandonment, Colonisation, and Physical abuse

Minor: Rape and Sexual content

lyserature's review against another edition

fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

a2_rache11's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

3.5⭐
I wish the author would have gone into a bit more detail with Giang, but a beautiful story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Racism, and Toxic relationship