Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

41 reviews

kbairbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

Are you absolutely, all the way kidding me. That was amazing. I am freakin speechless right now. I can’t even think right now. My brain is everywhere and nowhere all at once. Am I real? Is this book real? Is this author for freaking real?! What!! Incredible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

kitkatkatdog's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

So much happens, I almost wish it was two books or maybe a book and a novella… still enjoyed it a lot. But definitely felt the 6 month release gap. Still really enjoyed it though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

This follow-up to "Fourth Wing" did not disappoint. It continued with non-stop action, twists and turns, and romance to make for terrific storytelling. It'll be hard to wait another year for the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

mad_is_rad's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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? Yes

4.75

Didn’t see that coming.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

seren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

rachelwiththelonglegs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I can see why a lot of people would rate this 5 stars. I give 3.5 because I hate war and this was very heavy on the action. But it’s about a war college and it was expected. 

Also I was recovering from surgery when I started the book and there was a ton of emphasis on detailed injuries

for the torture-heal-torture cycle that

and I had to take a break from reading for a few weeks. Probably would have rated it higher if I wasn’t! Probably the worst part of this book! 

First book was better but I hated this ending. I’m so mad but overall enjoyed the journey. Will still read the third book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and War

Moderate: Chronic illness, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

mels_reading_log's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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

Oh My Goodness!!!!! I knew it was going to be good, but I didn’t think it was going to be this good. Multiple times I had to put the book down to get a grip on myself, before I continued. It was action packed, not a page of this book was extraneous. I can’t say enough good things, highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

anarcia_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

I wanna cry scream and keep the story going ITS SO GOODDDDDD

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

ninahuynh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

What a war! All the action and fighting and planning. I like how Yarros utilizes the dragons more in this book, especially Andarna (more frequent remarks that I found so funny and at the end). I don't see the romance as wanting to replicate the first book. I see it more as a romantic relationship that goes through tests of trusts. I do find it annoying and a bit controlling when Xaden expects Violet to ask him the correct questions in order for him to offer her the information she wants. And some of her remarks about Xaden became repetitive (though this may also be a me-thing, as I find too much mushy-gushy stuff in romance novels to be overbearing and annoying).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

What. Even. I have to wait until DECEMBER? I really can’t. The ending of this book is such a cliffhanger and a twist I was not anticipating. I enjoyed this book, but felt some of it could’ve been condensed. I also felt that some of the magic wasn’t explained as well as I would’ve liked, but all in all, this was a good part 2. The characters are embedded in my heart now, and I hope they all have a happy ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail