Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Iron Flower by Laurie Forest

10 reviews

sarahbholm's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

I loved this one but this gets further into the things that happened in the first one and has a very early Holocaust feel from the Gardnierians

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Genocide, Violence, Trafficking, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Death and War

endmostelf13's review

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Violence

r_clark's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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: War, Death, Death of parent, Xenophobia, and Racism

macliffe's review

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.75

Loved the way the romance developed in this book compared to the last one. Felt like this book was overall less strong than book 1, but still really enjoyed it. The revelations at the end were so cool!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Rape, Vomit, Drug use, Death, Violence, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Confinement, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Torture, Sexual content, and Homophobia

Minor: Grief

dpearson5257's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective 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? No

5.0

It’s rare when the sequel is just as good as book 1! But man this was so good. More connections to the overall situation are being made, more character growth, more world building!!!! Love it!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

crystalsparkles's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Racism, Rape, Violence, Confinement, Genocide, Grief, Death, War, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide attempt

jla's review

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book made me so emotional.  It was a tough read. I just need Elryn to belong somewhere. It dragged for a bit around 60-70%.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Death, Religious bigotry, Genocide, and Torture

koistyfishy's review

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

Wow…. Just wow.

I enjoyed The Black Witch, I *loved* this! 

This sequel is everything that a sequel should be and more… I fell more and more I’m love with the characters with every page…

The feeling this book ignites is sitting in front of a warm fire with an amazing hot cup of “something” on a cold winter night…being warm and cosy! 

I just love how this story is progressing and how amazingly detailed and intricate the plot is woven together with the fantastic character development! 

Really one of the best books I have read in a while… it had me laugh out loud, audibly gasp and squeal, ugly cry and give up sleep… all the qualities that make a book instant 5/5⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Murder, Addiction, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Grief, Racism, and Violence

ka_ke's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

5.0

If the Black Witch was good, the Iron Flower is incredible. Elloren grows into the strong woman we want her to become and the world building is so well written it becomes your new home. Laurie Forest is definitely one of my auto-buy authors from now on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Homophobia, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Minor: Trafficking and War

rini's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Death, Trafficking, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Torture, and War

Minor: Death of parent, Homophobia, Murder, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Sexual violence