Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Iron Flower by Laurie Forest

14 reviews

kwthor's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Drug abuse, Slavery, Racism, Misogyny, Grief, Physical abuse, Violence, Death, Colonisation, Trafficking, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Rape and Blood

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

mlottermoser's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Misogyny, Hate crime, Bullying, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: Addiction

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

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

melchncookies's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is a really great series. I only wish the phrase “Oh Holy One” wasn’t in every other paragraph. That’s my only thumbs down in the series so far. I question whether the almost sex scenes are actually YA appropriate, but I’m not a parent. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Classism, Deportation, Drug use, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Slavery, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction and Confinement

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and War

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

mooish's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Animal death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexism, Torture, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Slavery, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Xenophobia, and War