Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

329 reviews

sicemsinger's review

adventurous emotional tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

Wow what a ride! Fast-paced, action packed, thrilling bits of new information all the way through, and just enough steamy sex. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Death, War, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

ko_rax's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Confinement, Cursing, and Torture

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, War, and Blood

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

chloe_acceber's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.5

What an amazing follow up! Rebecca Yarros is an incredibly talented writer. The world she's built here is so fleshed out, the characters are interesting, and I'm really here for seeing disability so well represented in fantasy. Not just for the protagonist but for other supporting characters. Really refreshing to see! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, War, and Injury/Injury detail

annenichols's review

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious 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

4.25

Incredibly enjoyable adventure fantasy. The characters and the plot twists are extremely compelling. So many of the characters have depth which is revealed in this book more than the last. The relationships feel real, bu the physical intimacy does not overpower the book. I reread the last 15 minutes to understand the final plot twist, which I haven't done since Harry Potter. Such an exciting read in a magical world sufficiently rich in detail to delight the imagination.

The voice is still somewhat young, but less so than the last book. The prose is good but not great.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

teatunesandtales's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

This series is intense! I think I may have loved Iron Flame just as much, if not more than Fourth Wing. I thoroughly enjoyed more of the lore and history of Navarre and Basgiath, along with dragon lore. There were many times the plot made me want to throw the book out of frustration, so it definitely had its claws in me. 

Be ready for more secrets and some shocking revelations. No spoilers. But let's talk about that cliffhanger??! 😱🫠

I wanted to rate this 5 stars, but knocking it down to 4.5 (4 stars on Goodreads, 4.5 on Storygraph), just for the sheer length of this tome (882 pages??!). I feel like there were several chapters in the middle that could have been edited down or deleted completely due to not much really transpiring, or that this could have been two separate books. 

Despite that, I did enjoy marathoning my way through this book. I've already pre-ordered book three!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Classism, Death, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

woodweird's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Murder, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Death, War, Violence, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

hollymileham's review

adventurous emotional tense fast-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

5.0

HOW DID PEOPLE NOT LIKE THIS???? its a masterpiece i fear. i gasped audibly at the ending xaden my beloved.... 
as a law student it takes a lot to keep me up at 2am reading so hats off here. something about this series just scratches my brain in the best place. i love xaden and violet soooo much, and violet is very personal to me as a fellow hypermobile girlie it means a lot to see her be a fucking badass. personally i disclote from picking a bag up so shes braver than meat least youre  xx
i have to say how much i love xaden and violet again irs been a while since a couple did this to me. that ending is sooo frustrating as a xaden lover (as a lesbian hes in my group of acceptable men) but i know its going to make SUCH a good third book. i definitely made the right decision buying the hardback and not waiting for the paperback to come out because this was everything i needed and more. people said this was bad???? i truly loved it so much.

when xaden said "the world does not exist for me beyond you" it gave alec lightwood and people who know me know that that is the highest compliment i can give to a character.

fuck me i am destroyed

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

lynx9010's review

adventurous emotional funny sad 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? Yes

4.5

Absolutely loved it book. Only issue I had was

Violets constant complaining about trust every other page

it got annoying after while until it was resolved closer to the end of the book. But still it was worth the read.

I absolutely cried when Liam came back during the interrogation/torture scene. I cried in Fourth Wing when he died and then now his ghost is here helping Violet.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gaslighting, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

surayaauthor'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Kidnapping

grosemareads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.75

This book is huge, and moves slower than fourth wing, but it’s just as dense if not more so. The length and density makes it difficult to binge read, it’s easier to read in smaller chunks. Can’t wait for Onyx Storm!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Violence, Animal death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Blood, War, and Vomit