Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Iron Gold by Pierce Brown

8 reviews

murrayscottferguson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Medical trauma, Racism, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, War, Violence, Emotional abuse, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Gore, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic friendship, Blood, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Sexism, Slavery, Classism, Grief, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Confinement, and Drug abuse

setsailforthestars's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

4.0

I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would! I’m always hesitant about authors continuing a beloved series but this felt like a good way to carry forward the story. I enjoyed the POV and introduction of new characters, and the development of old ones. Interested to see where it goes from here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Cannibalism, War, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Kidnapping, Child death, Addiction, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Slavery, and Torture

katiefronk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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: Alcohol, War, Blood, Cursing, Murder, Grief, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual content

cassiealexandra's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

Set 10 years after overthrowing the Society on Mars, Luna, and Earth, Darrow and his family/friends are finding that rebuilding a government from scratch and giving agency and dignity to the oppressed Colors is not as simple as it seems. Add to that a continuing war with the Society remnant on Mercury and Venus ruled by the Ash Lord and the fragile peace with the Raa’s of Jupiter and the Rim, and you still get a dystopian sci-fi read, but with very realistic crises and politics.

This one had some differences from the original trilogy that were a hurdle for me at first. To be specific it includes 4 different points of view, Darrow: the voice we know and love, Lyria: a Gamma Red recently moved from the mines of Mars to a refugee camp, Ephraim: a Gray military man turned Son of Ares turned criminal and thief, and Lysander: grandson of the overthrown and killed Sovereign of the Society. These POVs were masterfully written with a different voice, tone, and style. I was fascinated that Ephraim’s world felt so much like urban fantasy meets heists, while Lyria’s starts almost like historical fiction, and Darrow’s and Lysander’s feel very much like a space opera. Once I got used to the new voices and the worldbuilding, I was invested in every character, even the ones with very complex, mostly negative feelings about the new Republic, Darrow, and Mustang.

Highlights: the severity of Victra, Sevro, and their daughter Electra, Darrow’s emotional conflict between responsibility to his fleet and his exhaustion and desire to be home with his wife and son, and the inside look at the Raa family and reflections on the Society through Lysander’s eyes.

What I wanted more of: surprisingly, Cassius screentime and Mustang—she’s my girl crush, in that I want to be her when I grow up, even though she’s technically younger than I am in this book.

Anxieties: the cliffhangers!, the fragility between Darrow and family, and the rise of a new dictator in the Society.

On to Dark Age, which will likely bring no resolve.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Sexual content

therensistance's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Body horror, Death, Murder, Racism, Slavery, War, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use, Child abuse, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Cursing

Minor: Rape

marareading's review against another edition

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

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

5.0

Yet another brilliant addition to the Red Rising Saga. A decade into the future from the end of the first trilogy of Red Rising. we are revisiting some of our beloved characters, and also meeting a new set of people who expand our view of what this universe has become. 

This could also be called "unintended consequences of war". I love the multiple perspectives of characters in this trilogy. In the first trilogy we were seeing only through Darrow's view. I was honestly very sceptical of this, and I'm blown away by how much I adored it. 

The tension, unintended consequences, love, bitterness, unknown truths, betrayal, twists, and as always the beautiful lyrical writing... Pierce Brown writes in a way that pulls you into this world and story. You see the world and feel the heart of even the darkest character. You can understand and empathize with the most treacherous decisions because you fully understand the heart and soul of a character. 

I will always love this series. Highly recommend above all others. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Cursing, Mass/school shootings, Torture, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Violence, War, and Murder

astrea13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Xenophobia, Violence, Toxic friendship, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Body horror, Blood, Cursing, Death, Grief, Gore, Murder, and Kidnapping

Minor: Homophobia and Genocide

yodareads12's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

So this book is the 4th Red Rising novel. However, it is very different from the first 3 in that it is set 10 years later and has multiple POVs. 

At first, I wasn't a fan of 2 points of view. I just didn't really care because I didn't know anything about them. However, by the end of the book I was much more engaged in their stories. 

There were a lot of new twists and turns in this book, definitely didn't see then all coming. However, I was not as impressed with it as the first 3 books. Hopefully Dark Age will be better! 

For those who've never read the series and are interested, definitely start with Red Rising. There is a lot of violence and gore, also some cursing and nudity. However, there are no sexual scenes. Definitely falls under Sci-fi and Fantasy! But there is also a strong military vibe as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gore

Minor: Cursing