Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

82 reviews

mysteryspouse's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Excrement

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

I’m a sucker for a dystopian, fuck corrupt government, the bad guys might be the good guys story and this one is no exception. Toss in some spice, some romance, some high fantasy and fucking dragons? I’m hooked. Holy moly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

amelievonzeisig's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and War

ninahuynh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? N/A

4.75

What an ending! I like how the dragons have their own voices and aren’t just animals the humans use. I was onboard with Violet’s character for most of the book, but the parts where I wasn’t was when her resolve just didn’t fit her character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

spellygirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

ursimae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Torture, Colonisation, and Classism

porcupine_girl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Drug use

emsavors's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.5

Rebecca Yarros really sat down and wrote a book which includes every possible trope ever. Manic pixie dream girl, not like the other girls, i’m no longer attracted to my best friend but i am attracted to the guy who wants to kill me. You’ll find all these and more. Also the ending is just the hunger games: catching fire.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

kshertz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? No

4.5

I thoroughly enjoyed this book! I think the criticisms are valid but because I’m not a huge dystopian reader, I’m able to just enjoy the storyline. There was some romance but it’s not the main plotline. But I loved every minute of the story and it was very exciting! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

meaghanslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

This is how you write a fantasy book! WOW WOW WOW

I am so happy the hype is real! Throughout reading this book I was starting to get that 5 star feeling and the ending sealed the deal for me. 

I've seen some critiques about this book, like the nickname "Violence" for "Violet" isn't that cute or the writing isn't that descriptive. These are fair critiques, but I ate this book up!

This book was such an enjoyable read! I will say if this is your first foray into the fantasy world, I could see it being a bit confusing because there isn't much world building. The author dives us right into the story. I think creatively we learn about the backstory of the world we're dropped into, but it's not the chapters and chapters of world building that are in some other fantasy books. 

I felt so many emotions reading this book and became attached to so many characters. I am so excited to read the next book and I'm praying to Malek, or whichever Gods the book recommends, that the next one is as good as the first.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying and Fire/Fire injury