Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

27 reviews

alychee's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

this book BROKE me, i would 100% recommend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Physical abuse, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent and Abandonment

Minor: Child death, Rape, Colonisation, Pregnancy, and War

cgn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

Holy SHIT. I was nervous about picking up a fantasy given how I’d barely just gotten back into reading, but this book gripped me from the beginning so hard that I literally did an all-nighter to finish it the night I started. I haven’t done that in like a decade. Super enjoyable, super memorable, can’t wait to continue the ride with the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy and Blood

Minor: Torture

oliviaferlazzo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Blood, Torture, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Minor: Abortion, War, Rape, Pregnancy, and Grief

jackiepreston's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

Minor: Pregnancy

slama_llama's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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: Violence, Death of parent, Death, Murder, Blood, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Torture and Slavery

Minor: Pregnancy and Rape

swaggynikki's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I read this book in middle school and loved it. I just reread it and liked it a lot less. Honestly, that really disapoints me, because I remembered it as this incredible example of the good side of the YA genre, but parts of it just really do not appeal to me anymore. The main couple already had the whole slave-soldier dynamic keeping them appart, so the fact that they were both individually in boring love triangles was just. Fully unnecessary. I did love the worldbuilding and action of the series, but as someone who prefers character>plot it just didn't quite hold up for me. Also it's INCREDIBLY dark/gruesome, I can handle a lot but there were some parts that made me go "was that /really/ necessary for anything other that Maximum Shock Value". I feel like I'm trashing this book too much. I like it, and I think it's one of the better fantasy YAs out there, but it just isn't what I think it could have been.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Death, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Slavery

Moderate: Child abuse, Genocide, Rape, and Abandonment

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Pregnancy

serena08's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Death, Death of parent, Torture, Slavery, Sexism, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Murder, Grief, Cursing, Blood, and Abortion