Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Inheritance by Christopher Paolini

20 reviews

abby_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

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This was a brilliant book. I had a fabulous time reading it. There were a lot of details that were intricate. The worldbuilding continued to blow me away. The characters and their various relationships amazed me. While the plot was a little predictable, it kept me interested and engaged. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, and War

Moderate: Slavery, Gore, Death, and Blood

Minor: Vomit, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

bored_chloe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

I loved this book, which is weird to say when I thought the first was okay and the second and third got worse with each book. This one was a little boring to me for about 200 pages until we get to Roran being sent away for a siege and when, finally, Galbatorix appears on page. Personally, I think he should have appeared sooner because he was fascinating as a character and I'm not entirely sure of exactly what is 'evil' about him other than destroying the Dragon Riders and the whole stuff with Murtagh.

So now, why 3 stars?

To start with, I don't enjoy the writing and how things are described that much. I still don't like Eragon much as a character but he was tolerable and he was less annoying as I'd found him in previous books. And lastly, I hate that I spent three years reading the first 3 books in this series and hardly enjoying them only for this to be so good I could barely put it down for the last three days.

As for the ending, I didn't hate it, nor did I love it, but I couldn't see any other way of ending it because of how Galbatorix had been built up with his power and skill with magic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Torture

Moderate: Blood

natashalg's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

3.75

The way Eragon is able to challenge the king is kind of a cop out, but I still enjoyed it since it did dive into the trauma the dragons faced and allowed them to fight back as well. I also wish there was some way that Earagon could have stayed, he has his reasoning but I think I would have enjoyed this book more if it ended happier and more fulfilling. The ending also leaves a lot unanswered. What about Arya's developing feelings? Angela's past? The werecats future? Does Earagon reach a safe space to house the dragons? Does Saphria have children after mating? Does that mate bond apply to Earagon as well since it was mentioned in an earlier book that they're bond of love will include the other? Anyways, it was a good read, better than the previous books but i wish more happened rather than just explaining the world or emotions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Body horror, War, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Confinement, and Torture

Moderate: Grief and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

rheagoveas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, and War

sting4780's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Torture, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and War

cturn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, and War

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Vomit and Pregnancy

f18's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Ableism, Drug use, Xenophobia, Animal death, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Sexism, Suicide, and Torture

Minor: Child death, Genocide, and Pregnancy

tooth trauma, giving someone hallucinogenic drugs when they think its just alcohol seemed kinda weird

gracefully_jk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, War, Torture, Violence, Suicide, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Gore, and Mental illness

There is generally a lot of war in this series, and this book is no different; in fact, it has somewhat less fighting than previous volumes. However, there are still descriptions of violence, including a character losing a hand

(temporarily—it is repaired with magic)

, but even this is not described in too graphic a way. There are also torture scenes

which mostly involve using hot irons, strange bugs that crawl under the skin (but don’t do much more than cause pain), and gaslighting/mental manipulation

, but no sexual violence. There are also several mentions/descriptions of atomic bombs and their effects, though they are not named as such and it’s in a fantasy-like way.

readbyella_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Torture, and War

Moderate: Blood and Murder

melancholymegs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Kidnapping, Torture, Physical abuse, War, and Confinement

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Slavery, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Genocide