Reviews tagging 'War'

Iron Heart by Nina Varela

36 reviews

alyxinthestars's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

caseythereader's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and War

make_believer's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Medical content and Medical trauma

philmarie321's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and War

offbrandclubsoda's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Similar to the first book in this series, I found the Iron Heart to be an enjoyable sapphic YA fantasy. It was light-hearted and pleasant. I found the writing to be somewhat weak, and the pacing to be odd (slow then rushed). There wasn’t enough spice for my taste (only a couple kisses), but I suppose that goes with the YA territory.

Spice level: 🌶/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Racism, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Minor: War

kahleesi14's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Murder, and War