Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

194 reviews

niamhrowanch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

THIS RUINED ME

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Violence, War, Torture, Cursing, Death of parent, Body horror, Classism, Murder, Slavery, Gore, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Sexual content

kjanet's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I kept seeing this book on instagram and I thought it seemed up my alley. I was right! I like being pleasently supirised! A tournament, an underdog (love underdogs), female bad ass (love this too) and a man with bat wings LOL

Who doesnt love a little battle to the death? And that ending! I was shooketh!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, War, Grief, Torture, and Slavery

Minor: Rape

thedigsy's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Toxic relationship, Death, Confinement, Blood, Sexual violence, Murder, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Stalking

ladydeathnesta's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I absolutely love this book! It’s near perfection and it’s beautifully devastating 🖤

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, War, Ableism, Death, Sexual violence, Cursing, Police brutality, Self harm, Sexism, Hate crime, Stalking, Gore, Medical trauma, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Cannibalism, Classism, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Medical content, Confinement, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Bullying, Racial slurs, and Sexual harassment

brittonmc1221's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

vireya's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

4.75

It was so good. Think hunger games meets vampires it was beautifully written and the story was captivating. I wish I had more backstory of Vincent and oraya but from what I’ve heard we get a lot of that in the second book. The ending was so unexpected. I knew it was coming and it was still a huge cliffhanger.

I love the way oraya struggles with the relationship between as she puts it her human blood and her vampire heart. And Rhain is the perfect love interest for her because he reflects that in the opposite way. Vampire blood and a human heart. He encourages her to explore who she is and accept her humanity as not being a curse. She grows a lot as a character under his influence. 

I also really loved her relationship with Vincent. It’s an unpopular feeling, but their relationship was so complex. He genuinely loved and cared for her as if she were his child. He kept a lot of secrets from her. And he was wrong to. Some of them were to keep her safe, but others he kept because he straight up lied to her and he didn’t want her to know it. He was a bad man that did a lot of very bad things. He also cared deeply for her. At the end when we

find out she’s his biological daughter

it really highlights just how much he loves her. Especially in a world where

killing or maiming your children to reduce their chance to overpower you isn't uncommon in royal families.

he chose to keep and love her despite it all. And she hates that she knows him as two different people but she loves the side of him that raised her and kept her safe and loved. The scene at the end between them broke my heart. I loved the way it set up the second book and laid the new foundation for her relationship with rhain. I’m very excited to read the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gore

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Sexual content and Sexual assault

kayceeisbookish's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Confinement, War, Death of parent, Child death, Gore, Rape, Violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Death, Grief, Genocide, Slavery, Racism, and Torture

bridgeywill's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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? Yes

4.0

Extremely entertaining.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence

lysstea's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

There weren’t a lot of twists and turns that were unpredictable, but I still found myself engaged. At times Oraya felt a little insufferable, but I guess it sucks to be a human in a vampires world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Rape

chrissy22's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.0

I half enjoyed this book, but a lot of elements kept dragging me out of the story. Immature writing, not enough world building to explain the why of everything happening. MFL was continuously showed overpowered but it was harped upon on that she was weak. Generally flat characters and no depth or real growth throughout. Repeating phrases throughout that were cringey. I feel like I had to fill in the blanks of the characters personalities since they seemed like Mary-sues. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Blood, War, Torture, Toxic relationship, Gore, and Sexual assault