Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Fires of Vengeance by Evan Winter

25 reviews

alyanna_dm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Misogyny and Classism

misterwisp's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad 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

4.0

 This is an epic and intense sequel. It was hard to put down and easy to inhale. 
The pace stays fast and engaging. The main character's revenge quest continues and he also gets wrapped up in bigger picture events of the rebellion that took place at the end of the first book. 
The world gets some interesting new background lore that was compelling. 
In a pivotal part of the story, the point of view changes to a side character which added depth and perspective to the actions of the main character in a worthwhile moment. The characters continue to be written well even if the main one gets most of the page time. The book is more about the action than the characters but it all works.
The ending is satisfying on it's own, while at the same time setting up what promises to be an even more intense book 3. There are some interesting threads set up here with great potential to develop in the next book. A great heroic fantasy series so far. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

doctormon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and War

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

decembermagpie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Vomit and Pregnancy

mxkanteven's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, and War

Moderate: Death, Gore, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Miscarriage and Suicide

sipping_tea_with_ghosts's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

ehmannky's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

So! Good! It's just as fast-paced and intense as book one. I loved the further development of the characters, the plot moved at the right pace, and it was just so! good! Everything I liked about book 1 is here, but now there's more female characters and they are all so different and awesome. One additional thing that I love about this book is that even though it is so bloody and violent, there's not really any rape/sexual assault other than some references. Like, we have this brutal world and you aren't subjected to multiple women being hypersexualized or brutalized (other than the death). Like, again if you don't like war books, it's not going to be something you particularly enjoy, but I couldn't stop reading it. 

Also,

I just about shrieked when we learn that Uduak, my favorite background character, is gay and in a relationship with Hadith! And it did feel like a natural revelation since so much of book 1 is just Tua being a "no thoughts just vengeance vibes" character that he only just barely starts paying attention to his friends in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Genocide, Torture, Vomit, and Religious bigotry

marie_thereadingotter's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

4.75

Review: 

   I had no idea what to expect going into this book. I avoided all talk about this book because I hadn't read the first one yet. And in between finishing that one and starting this one I just never looked anything up because I knew I was going to read it.

  The tone of this book was, in a lot of ways, different from the first book. It felt more action-packed even though there was less fighting. 

I felt that Tau actually had some character development in this book, compared to his one-track mind of revenge in the first book. There were more moments of him having "light-hearted" interactions. Nearly every person he talked to or interacted with in book one was somebody he was fighting. There was just less of that in this book, so those moments felt light-hearted. 

   I liked that we got to know Queen Tsiora, though I don't really know how to feel about her. I don't know if her sister is crazy, or they both are. I just know that I wasn't expecting that end to that threat. In that regard, it almost felt like there were too many antagonists in this book. We had the civil war element and the invading force. I hope the next book is more focused on how the true villain is. 

   I hoped that things with Jabari wouldn't be swept under the rug, and I'm glad they weren't. Everything was addressed. I know other authors might have waited to have those revelations come out, and I appreciate that it was addressed, and I like the way it was addressed. That both sides are "right". Tau is justified in how he feels and he was defending himself. But Jabari is also justified in wanting justice for what happened to his brother because of Tau. 

   I am really excited to read the third book. I look forward to where this is headed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

mitchie100's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

noraa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• 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: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Colonisation

Minor: Vomit and Pregnancy