Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

153 reviews

stephanelli's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

More than I can include here. I did more detail on Instagram.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Body shaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Bullying, Animal death, War, Torture, Violence, Toxic relationship, Death, Physical abuse, Cursing, Sexual content, Murder, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

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

josiee's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Vomit, Violence, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, War, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Medical content, Animal death, Abandonment, Ableism, Body horror, Grief, Emotional abuse, Classism, Death, Gaslighting, and Medical trauma

annabel07'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death of parent, Torture, Animal death, Death, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Blood

marissa_nancy_nicole's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Animal death, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, War, Blood, Murder, Torture, Violence, Chronic illness, and Death

Moderate: Gore, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

girlpren's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Good plot and a twisty ending, not as addicting as the first book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, War, Classism, Animal death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, and Sexual content

dizzyizzyy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, Kidnapping, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, War, Death, and Cursing

Moderate: Grief, Animal death, and Blood

Minor: Chronic illness

hezzahrae's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense 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

3.75

The only thing keeping this from being a full 4 stars is the fact that the author clearly has favorite descriptor words and phrases that don't actually do much for the scene. Their continued use can get annoying and take you out of the moment. 

That said, it's not a bad read/listen. There are quite a few moments that are fairly predictable but just enough twists to keep you guessing. I did feel quite a bit of emotion at the end so kudos to the author/narrator for being able to immerse the reader in such a tear-jerking scene.

I also feel like this book could have been split into two, because the amount of information that is in both "parts" can get hard to keep up with after so long. The twist at the last two chapters had me gasping. Now, I must suffer the wait. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Death, Sexual content, Gore, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Blood

jessicarenz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

I hated that ending (but in the best way), and now I’m mad at Rebecca Yarros. She better give us a better resolution in book 3.

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Content Warnings

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

If Rebecca doesn’t give us a cure for Xaden being venin in book 3, I’ll never read one of her books ever again. I’m so angry at last few pages of this book!

lnzava's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Animal death, Torture, Murder, Grief, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Sexual content, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Cursing, and Gaslighting