Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

82 reviews

erinvasut's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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: Classism, Child death, Cursing, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and War

sierraclimbs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-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

4.25

I ate this book up! It was so fun, I love all the characters. The only thing I didn’t totally enjoy was the smut… but that is not the books fault! I just personally don’t enjoy smut. I prefer pining. 
I think the book did a good job letting you figure things just before the character does. So you feel smart, but also don’t feel frustrated at the character for being slow to figure things out. 
And of course, who doesn’t love dragons?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Genocide, Sexual content, Violence, Death, and Bullying

Minor: Vomit

kellyofcali's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.0

Super fun fantasy/romance read! I'm excited for book two. If you're into the genre this is a great one, well written and a fun world with spice but also a genuinely good story - and DRAGONS, of course!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, War, Grief, Murder, and Death of parent

Minor: Genocide and Gore

sofia_mso's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Genocide, Sexual content, Death, and Violence

kparrbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

Loved the full dramatization of the audiobook! This book was basically an adult version of Divergent + dragon riding.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, and Genocide

rissa_roo_pa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring mysterious sad 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

One of those “unable to put down” books. I ignored responsibilities and lost sleep over this one. So. Good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Genocide, Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: War and Bullying

Minor: Vomit

hannahcstocks's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Nothing groundbreaking (lots of cliches and tropes) but an enjoyable read. Pretty fast-paced, as there doesn’t seem to be much filler in any individual chapter outside of Violet’s internal monologue. The downside to this lack of filler can be that the world doesn’t feel fully built out, and the descriptions of some of the surroundings can feel lacking. I found my brain sort of filled in some of those gaps while reading though, especially when I didn’t overthink it. The plot was a bit repetitive and the internal monologue objectifying one of the characters was a little silly. But I don’t feel the book is trying to be anything beyond what it is, so I don’t begrudge those faults. Feels a little YA, which seems maybe to be a common theme in the NA genre, but just because it’s trope-y and your main character thinks like a lovestruck teen doesn’t make it a bad or unenjoyable book. Just not a profound one. Easy read despite the length, and while the plot was a little repetitive as mentioned, the chapters broke that up well enough that the repetition didn’t feel monotonous or at least still drove the story forward in some way. 

TLDR: Overall, kept my attention, and I found the pacing to be done well. If you can’t handle the internal monologue of a somewhat rebellious lovestruck high schooler (I know that’s not the age of the characters but it is how it reads) or relatively predictable but intriguing enough plot, this book isn’t for you. Even you want an easy read to take you out of your own head and world for a while, and you can take the aforementioned characteristics in stride, then give it a shot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, Murder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Sexual content, Vomit, War, Death of parent, Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Genocide, and Toxic friendship

greentearex's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

I LOVE dragons, but I don' t really get the hype around this book. It was nice to have a heroine with a disability (connective tissue disorder?), but predictably she spent most of the book having to convince the men around her that she was capable. If this is something you experience in life, it might be draining to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Murder, Ableism, Death, Violence, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Animal death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Classism

ballousclues's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I absolutely adored this book and it made me so excited to start Iron Flame. I haven't started a series for a while that really pulled me into their world like Fourth Wing did. It's so hard to not love all the characters and picture what they're going through in your head. I think that Fourth Wing ended on a wonderful cliff hanger and opening for the next book. I'm curious to see how the author will be able to stretch this story line out over 5 books though. I'm midway through Iron Flame now and am having a hard time conceptualizing their world for 3 more books, if she truly does end up creating a 5-book series. 

My favorite parts of the book were definitely around the enemies to lovers plot line, and that the author didn't hold back in altering the trajectory of the plot. It reminded me a lot of Game of Thrones where no one is truly safe and the story just does whatever it wants. It will have you on the edge of your seat and you'll be eager to start Iron Flame.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content and Cursing

Minor: Vomit, Violence, Grief, War, Animal death, Genocide, Murder, and Chronic illness

tieflingmom's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious sad tense fast-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: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Genocide, Murder, Blood, War, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Colonisation, Body shaming, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Death