Reviews tagging 'War'

Incendiary by Zoraida Córdova

4 reviews

kirstenf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Torture, Confinement, Blood, Hate crime, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Blood, Religious bigotry, War, Medical content, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual content

maple_dove's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Initially, I was tempted to DNF Incendiary more than once because I didn’t think it was worthwhile to continue during the middle section of the book. However, after reading the end, I REALLY WANT TO CONTINUE READING! Illusionary (Hollow Crown #2), here I come!

There are certainly some plot twists, but I did manage to see some of them from a mile away. :)

What separates this series from other YA fantasy is that the story of the MC's love interest precedes the book, the love interest is absent for most of the book, and that most of the book is not focused on romance.

Favorite Quotes:

It is difficult to protect anything when all you can do is hide. ⭐️

You are not a girl. You are vengeance in the night.

I submerge myself beneath the surface of the water again and hold my breath, knowing no matter where I am or what I do, I will never escape the heat of flames and the taste of ash. But I no longer want to escape. I want to wield that fire and watch this place burn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Torture, Murder, Physical abuse, War, Violence, Grief, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Blood, and Death

Minor: Sexual content and Death of parent

Verbal abuse (graphic)

bubbly_lara's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

What a book! I was immediately hooked. The reader is thrust directly into the story without much explanation and has to figure out, how the world works and what's going on while following our protagonist Ren. The topics of the book are quite heavy, and I had to stop reading a couple of times and read something fluffy inbetween. Would not recommend if any of the below topics is triggering for you. However, this is a brilliantly written novel, and I cannot wait to see how everything unfolds in the second book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Vomit, Violence, Torture, Murder, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Murder, Classism, Torture, Violence, Vomit, War, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Medical trauma

Minor: War, Sexual content, Blood, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Child death, Alcohol, Child abuse, Confinement, Colonisation, Medical content, Violence, Torture, Physical abuse, Murder, Alcoholism, Bullying, Classism, and Fire/Fire injury

h_reads98's review against another edition

adventurous sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, War, and Suicide

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, and Trafficking