Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse

28 reviews

morgancvtherine's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Murder, Torture, Child abuse, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

rlgreen91's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

I guess after finishing Black Sun, Roanhorse said, you know what, let me run that back.  My goodness - another novel that I knew I would enjoy going in that wildly exceeded my expectations.  This was a jam-packed adventure full of intrigue and plotting, a reminder that history shapes familial and societal drama, and some nice fight scenes too.  It was also nice that a major plot point of the book and series ties in with our own upcoming celestial event, although I hope ours doesn't mimic the plot.  

I'm looking forward to what the final book will bring, especially since there's still so many plotlines to wrap up!  I already know I'll be in somebody's bookstore on the release date to purchase my copy.  I can't wait to dive into this rich world again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Body horror

Moderate: Alcoholism and Injury/Injury detail

salemander's review

5.0

god i love a well made fantasy world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Grief, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Blood, Confinement, Death, Gore, and Fire/Fire injury

yourbookishbff's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

As a second book in a trilogy, Fevered Star does a lot of the things that middle books do - a lot of traveling back and forth as characters have to get to new places and discover new backstory, small expansions in the magic system, moments that begin to deepen the world building and conflict, etc. It felt less intentional than the first book, but likely just because we are no longer counting down toward a specific event, and have to navigate the "after." I loved the symmetry of the starting and ending action on sun rock and our expanded understanding of the gods and god powers. 

There were a few POVs I wanted more of, but I ultimately understand why we had the characters we did in this installment and appreciate where we ended and where we will likely go from here.

Again, the full-cast audio production is excellent and I highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Medical content, Abandonment, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Body horror, Medical trauma, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, Confinement, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Some pretty gross eyeball moments!

ellyrium's review

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Gore, and Blood

Minor: Self harm, Body horror, and Alcohol

anxietee9's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, War, Gore, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Body horror, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol and Religious bigotry

jokehelldo's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

guessgreenleaf's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, Body horror, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, and Gore

ishtar_n's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

A great read! But far more fast paced than book one. Kinda wished it had taken its time more - some of the character decisions seemed out of nowhere.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Blood, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Rape and Pedophilia

jackiepreston's review

adventurous slow-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

3.5

This doesn't feel like a book in a trilogy, it feels like the middle part of a story. The book doesn't have its own plot, just setup for the conclusion which I hope finally comes in the next book. If this series is longer than a trilogy I'm giving up

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Alcohol, Death, and Body horror

Moderate: War, Violence, and Adult/minor relationship