Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Onyx Storm (Parts 1 & 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Rebecca Yarros

43 reviews

musicdaph's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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: No

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My favorite series EVER. First time I feel SEEN in fantasy as a chronically ill person with chronic pain. The representation and the dragons and the characters and the world building make this book a 100/5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Blood, Medical trauma, Alcohol

mymechanicalmantis's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence

Minor: Ableism

jxrr_y's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Unfortunately, this story chose world building and having far too many characters over having an actual plot. I wish each book felt like its own story that’s connected to the larger story rather than it feeling like we’re 1,500 pages into one story with no end in sight. Nothing really happens in this book, and then a bunch of confusion is thrown at you at the end in order to keep your interest in wanting to read the next installment. I enjoy this world, but Rebecca needs to get to the point eventually.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit, Death of parent

dkamada's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

daniechazz's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Genocide, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

leftievereads's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death of parent

lexiq's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous challenging inspiring tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The character development seemed to go a strange direction

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, War

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Gaslighting

mrgilgamesh95's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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You know what this is.
Not as fun as Iron Flame, but as entertaining as ever. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Gaslighting

Minor: Ableism, Addiction

You know why your here. Ridoc deserves all the belly rubs in the world. (Keeping that specifically PG) Also, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

blacksphinx's review against another edition

2.5

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I hold the very unpopular opinion about this series in that it's highly entertaining popcorn fare, and I hate the romance at its heart. Unfortunately, the hate for the romance outweighed the fun, popcorn parts of the book for me. Xaden was absolutely insufferable in this book, in ways that were worse than the previous one. Violet's unwavering devotion to him also became increasingly annoying as the story wore on. This felt very much like a "middle book" in the series - there's a lot of worldbuilding and setup for future conflicts in a way that feels like not a lot happened in it's 500+ pages. 

This book also pulls out the whole "you can tell the evil, soulless, inhuman bad guys are evil because being evil removes your ability to feel romantic love!" which sure feels great to read as an aromantic person. If the series continues to conflate "not having a soul" with "no romantic feelings" I am 100% out of here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia

Minor: Ableism, Sexism, Torture, Kidnapping

mangofraiche's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War

Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Toxic relationship, Stalking