Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

278 reviews

tabea1409'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, Blood, Toxic friendship, Violence, Child death, Sexual content, Cursing, and Gore

hannahcadwell's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad 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

4.25

I really wanted to dislike this book. Rebecca Yarros has made some… questionable choices in her writing and her public presence, but when a coworker lent me the book I figured I might as well see if the hype was worth it. And yeah, her writing can be lazy and the romance made my skin crawl at times, but DAMN. This book pulled me IN. It really reminded me of the fantasy I loved so much in middle school but written for me as a 20-something. I mean, the Divergent parallels are so strong. But there are things that I think Yarros did well. I loved how she included a disabled main character and didn’t have magic just, cure her (bonus points for including a Deaf/Hard of Hearing character!). There is queer representation (albeit mostly in background characters) without being weird. And as I reached the latter part of the book I felt that the story became more unique. I’ll be diving into the second installment with relish, but I’ve still got my eye on you, Rebecca.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body shaming, and Bullying

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

anried's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death of parent, Animal death, Blood, Sexual content, Violence, War, Child death, Cursing, Death, Grief, and Murder

stitchbooks22'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Body shaming, Torture, Colonisation, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Gore, Physical abuse, Ableism, Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Medical content, Bullying, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Hate crime, Violence, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, War, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Blood, Genocide, and Vomit

xvicesx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

I really enjoyed this, but I do think the pacing ended up being a bit off in the last 20%, hence the dropped .5 star. 

Violet makes an interesting character, and her particular disability makes for a very interesting premise in a world where strength very much depends on the cooperation of their body. 

The intrigue over all was well done, although I do feel like maybe the book was a touch too long. Looking forward to the next one. 

Also, if Dain doesn't lose his hands in a future book as punishment for what an utter bastard he is, then I'll never forgive the author.

He's on par with a rapist and has no place to live.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

Mind rape -- Dain steals into Violet's mind without her knowledge and steals her memories

ladyashlene'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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: War, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Minor: Chronic illness, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

chloes_bookmark's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

5.0

ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS BOOK. PLEASE READ IT

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, War, Death of parent, Blood, Death, and Gore

stripes_and_naps's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I enjoyed this book and am looking forward to reading the sequel. As someone with EDS I was very excited to read a book with a protagonist who has EDS written by an author who has it as well. I thought the story was entertaining and I enjoyed immersing myself into the world. That being said, I agree with others who have said that at times it feels very YA, it’s full of predictable tropes, and that there are some plot holes. Was it a literary masterpiece? No. However, I would still recommend this book to people who are looking for a fantasy novel with some smut sprinkled in, and don’t mind and/or enjoy YA as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Sexual content, and War

Moderate: Death of parent

natashalg's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved the storyline and characters. I'm incredibly invested to see where the story goes and to see how the characters' relationships evolve throughout the series. However, the scenes describing how hot Xaden is (i.e. "HOLY FUCKING HOT") and the nickname moaning was really... weird...especially for adults. It struck me as trying too hard to be "relatable", and at times I wondered if the romantic scenes were written by someone who only knows about sex from fanfiction because of how the characters interacted (the conversations made me cringe) and how "perfect" each scene was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Vomit

foresturken's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, War, Death, Violence, Bullying, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail