Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

31 reviews

tiredtori's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Cannibalism, Torture, and Mental illness

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Kidnapping, Excrement, Hate crime, Animal death, Grief, Slavery, War, and Vomit

emilywemily6's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

Amazing!! I devoured this book and I can’t wait for the next one. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. I thoroughly enjoyed following every perspective and am so excited to see where these characters go from here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, War, Violence, Animal death, Torture, Death, Grief, Hate crime, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Murder, Child death, Alcohol, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual content and Medical content

michellehrice's review against another edition

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

emsavors's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Animal death, Torture, Vomit, Body horror, Gore, War, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Child death, and Violence

meghansarmiento97's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Body horror, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and War

knitmonstera's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.0

There is a lot of improvement in this book compared to the rest of the series so far! Less telling, more showing, less chatting, more action. I was really not prepared for the ending and it was a little sad. There’s a lot of killing, you’d think that there’s a problem with that? Like, supply issues or angry peasants? It’s not really addressed. I’m excited for the next one! (But not excited Rowan isn’t going to be in it also it’s kinda weird he’s low key mated with a 19yo) 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Clearly made up animals are severely beaten/tortured, BUT, there is redemption for the animals.

im_eebee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

Almost perfect. I just felt like some of the POV’s just made it drag horribly. But overall my favorite book in the series by far

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Vomit, Physical abuse, Murder, Child abuse, Grief, Violence, Slavery, Torture, Hate crime, and Fire/Fire injury

infjkiki's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Toxic relationship, Classism, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Confinement, Torture, Body horror, Slavery, War, and Violence

britwalsh16's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

5.0

Omg! Did this series get REALLY good!!! Sarah J Maas seems to start her series off simple with minimum characters & world building & their good. But once she’s a book or 2 in, she like let’s loose! Quadruples the amount of characters, makes the world so much bigger, and just lets all the drama and problems unfold. & I have to say it is a brilliant strategy. You don’t necessarily get fully hooked to the story in the beginning, but she’s not throwing a lot of stuff at you at once. If I started this book without having already known some of the characters, I don’t know if I would have been able to follow along and remember who all the players are. But having been brought into the story slowly, I followed it so easy, and I am thankful for that!
This book was incredible! I can’t wait for the rest of the series & to hopefully meet even more amazing characters!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Grief, Cannibalism, Blood, Murder, Slavery, Gore, Animal cruelty, Death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, War, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Classism, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Cursing, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Body horror

Minor: Abandonment, Excrement, and Drug use

amanda_reads13's review against another edition

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

3.5

While attempting to figure out how to stop the King's power, Aelin must go to the last remaining land of the Fae and face her aunt. 

I found most of the book very slow paced, until like like 70% mark or so. Aelin's training became tedious really fast. I get that there was a big focus on building her and Rowan's characters and relationship, but it was so repetitive. 

Around the 80% mark, I finally started to actually like Aelin. Yes, she has always been badass and resilient, but she has also always been so whiny and bratty. Finally, she started to come into and embrace her own power. She started to act like the Queen she is: a force to be reckoned with. 

Rowan was an ok character. Pretty stereotypical fae male. I did really like his and Aelin's banter and the arc of their relationship in this book. I think he has the potential to be an interesting addition to the series. 

There were SO many POVs and jumped around so much, that I kind of lost interest in some of the storylines after a while. It felt like a bunch of stories ripped apart and thrown together. Each should have been their own novella. I feel like I would have been more interested and invested in the characters. Aelin, Rowan, Dorian, Chaol, Manon, Sorscha... Am I missing any? It's a lot. 

I think that the Chaol and Dorian plotlines fell flat for me.  The only bright spot for me was the the addition of Aedion. I cannot wait to see the chaos that will reign when he is ruined with Aelin. 

Manon and the witches were another interesting addition. I am excited to see where their storyline goes, especially with the addition of the wyverns. 

Tropes: fantasy, magic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Abandonment, Animal death, and Fire/Fire injury