Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Iron Heart by Nina Varela

8 reviews

courto875's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Death, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, Genocide, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Torture

Minor: Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Cultural appropriation, Animal death, Drug use, and Drug abuse

midem's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-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

4.0

Really good book, maybe even better than the the first one in the series, and that’s saying something. I really liked the way the character development was so tightly woven in with the plot and how it handled and resolved conflict without it adding unnecessary frustration for the reader. Got through it really fast! There is much diversity(mlnb for example) in the minor characters as well as the main wlw pairing, it paints the relationships in a very relatable way without making it to realistic, still being fantasy and all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism and Genocide

Moderate: Death, Grief, Murder, Police brutality, Violence, Cursing, and Death of parent

Minor: Death, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

sssssoup's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Violence, Body horror, Blood, and Torture

Moderate: Death, Cursing, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Child death, Emotional abuse, War, Death of parent, and Genocide

oliverreeds's review

adventurous 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Kidnapping, Murder, Police brutality, Torture, Blood, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gore, Hate crime, and Racism

make_believer's review

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

Moderate: Medical trauma and Medical content

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

Minor: War

limiwh's review

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-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: Blood, Death, Violence, and Genocide

Moderate: Gore

trophywithabee's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Medical content, and Violence