Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Iron Flame - Flammengeküsst by Rebecca Yarros

66 reviews

mh_s's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

britwalsh16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad 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

I AM NOT OKAY!!! Not one bit okay!!! Rebecca Yarros has really just torn my heart from my chest & fed it to a dragon!!! 
If you have not started this series yet. DONT! Atleast not right now, wait for all 5 books to come out first!! I don’t know how I’m going to survive until book 3 comes out & we don’t even have a release day yet! 😭
That being said. This book was INCREDIBLE!!! I do highly recommend it, just be ready for all the emotional turmoil that comes along with it! Cause I was not, I thought I was, but I was severely mistaken! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Deadnaming, and Vomit

cmason101'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and War

relin's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

princessrory's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, and Colonisation

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, and Gaslighting

marinajonesreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-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

4.25

Wow wow wow. I am shook. I am shocked. I am in love. I am torn. I am all of the above. Our sweet Violence did it…for now. I’m so glad we got answers to some of our most pressing questions!! We all knew he was an inntinnsic but it was sooo amazing to have that confirmed. I was so scared RY would actually kill off one of the core four left and was so so glad when Sawyer was spared. I still think most of them (particularly Violet and Xaden) will die before the series is over, but I’m glad it wasn’t here. I also think she is indeed a conduit to the dead. 

I ate this book up and didn’t do anything else for the last three days. That’s a sign of a great book. 

The only reason I gave it a 4 and not 5 is because I felt like some scenes were superfluous in the middle but for the most part I loved the writing style, the Easter eggs, all of it.

I cannot WAIT for the next installment. Hopefully next year!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Medical trauma, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

cait's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

the_true_monroe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Xenophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abandonment

jlyles_177's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

ktmcd26's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

2.0

A well of contradictions. 

1. It took me a while to get through this book, and I felt like it dragged. But at the same time I fell as though nothing was actually fully developed and this really needed to be two books. I  legitimately thought I finished this book, and then it said Part Two. 
2. There was a main conflict in the romantic relationship, but you know what actually that’s not an issue.
3. The “good guys” stand for the good of all. Until it’s inconvenient for them. 
4. Violet had a very weak body, yet she can do what everyone else does not problem.

Nothing is fully thought out, addressed, or explored. The characters are getting more annoying by the day. And the timelines make no sense.

This book needed more outlining, more re-structuring, and more editing. It’s frustrating because I think if it was worked on for longer with more care it could have been really good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, and War