Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Morning Star by Pierce Brown

32 reviews

bibliorama's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved this boyo. <3 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Suicide attempt, Torture, Classism, Slavery, War, Death, Genocide, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

luxxltyd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Violence, Vomit, War, Death, Genocide, Gore, Grief, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Self harm

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

rubyroses's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

This book was an amazing end to Red Rising trilogy by Pierce Brown !!

Throughout the trilogy we follow Darrow on his journey from red to gold to something more. But, in Morning Star we see shift from Darrow as the sole focus. Instead, we find that those around him are also just as important in fixing society. We truly see Darrow grow from a child into a man and this is reflected in his actions. 

Be prepared… in this book some of the most loved and most hated character die & others live… or maybe they do both (it’s hard to explain you’ll just have to read it to find out). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Confinement, Slavery, Blood, War, Kidnapping, Murder, Self harm, Cannibalism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Body horror, Drug use, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Classism, Violence, and Excrement

lemonwrlds's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Death, Murder, War, Police brutality, Grief, Toxic friendship, Torture, Sexual content, Slavery, Cannibalism, Body horror, Racism, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Classism, Colonisation, Blood, Animal death, Alcohol, and Abandonment

karenreadsbooks's review against another edition

emotional tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Blood, Violence, War, and Death

joshoonet's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

3.0

• A lot of fighting, as is to be expected of the last book in a YA trilogy
• All the battling wasn't as interesting as I hoped it would be, apart from a few notable exceptions
• Really liked the beginning and the end, but a lot of the stuff in between was just alright
• Maybe I was just burnt out on this series though? I read over 1200 pages of it in two days, wouldn't be too surprising

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Death, Grief, Confinement, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, and Torture

Minor: Suicide attempt, Cannibalism, Child death, and Excrement

Confinement/Suicide Attempt:

the protagonist is confined to a tomb-like cell for 9 months in the beginning of the book without light or human contact. He tries to end his life before being abruptly liberated from his cell.

War, Grief and all Violence:

most - if not all - of this book is about war and trying to take over certain ships or planets. Close friends of the main characters die by violence throughout the book, as well as millions of unnamed characters.

laguerrelewis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

This is my favorite installment in the Red Rising series so far. A lot of my previous complaints are less glaring here—the female characters are treated less like sexual objects (though, ultimately, almost every one invariably finds themselves smitten with a man and swayed by whatever he wants), the core of the book felt a lot stronger, and the stylized narration didn’t grate on me this time around. Pierce Brown’s strength certainly lies in his ability to create a sweeping, epic battlefield, with twists and turns that keep you on the edge of your seat. I felt myself caring for the characters and their fates more than I had before, though I will admit some of the “twists” were unfortunately over-telegraphed. If you liked the last two installments, I see no reason why you wouldn’t enjoy this one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Gun violence, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Excrement, Genocide, Kidnapping, Violence, War, Blood, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, and Confinement

chris_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Colonisation, Confinement, Gore, Grief, Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, Slavery, Drug use, Genocide, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cannibalism, Child abuse, Torture, Trafficking, and Vomit

cami_stokes3859's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

Heartfelt, comedic, dark, gory

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Death, and War

Moderate: Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Torture

Minor: Vomit

felinefey's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Torture

Moderate: Violence, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide and Cannibalism