Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

50 reviews

erinkellyreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I think I'm torn on this one. I'd like to give it a 3.5, I think. I enjoyed reading it, and the tournament system was fun to read. I also don't know if I ever really came to love the characters? Except maybe poor Ibrahim. I'd like to learn more about the gods and how all that works. I'm going to read the second one. But I think I'm a little surprised after how much I've read people gush about this series.

((Also - and this is petty because I have read way too many vampire books and also all of Maas' work - I'm not a huge fan of winged vampires. Shapeshifting to have wings? Sure. Turning into animals a 'la the old myths? Of course. But... feather wings and bat wings? I dunno.))

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Body horror, Colonisation, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Gore, Physical abuse, War, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual violence, Genocide, Cursing, Slavery, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, and Self harm

Minor: Animal death and Child death

maregred's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Death, Body horror, Sexual content, War, and Gore

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death of parent, Confinement, Colonisation, and Cursing

Minor: Classism, Animal cruelty, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Ableism, Animal death, and Genocide

lauramparis's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Body horror, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Abandonment

karapillar's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Physical abuse, Self harm, Stalking, War, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Death of parent, Child death, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Grief, Violence, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Cannibalism, Cursing, Gore, Sexual content, and Body horror

Moderate: Hate crime, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Medical content, Torture, Rape, Xenophobia, and Infidelity

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

5.0

I’m not sure why I took so long to read it, but now I’m hooked and I’m not letting go. I could do without the end fight, I’d rather the king lived and our two mcs joined together happily in love but I GUESS, I’ll go for some drama. I just hope its a one time thing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Violence, Blood, Classism, Sexual content, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Genocide, Grief, Racial slurs, and Colonisation

Minor: Torture, Child abuse, Abandonment, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and War

wellreadandhalfdead's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Confinement

bergha1998's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? Yes

3.25

It was really interesting. Basically the Hunger Games meets Vampires. With an enemies to lover trope. I just didn’t love it. The characters are all interesting and dynamic, but I never really felt like picking it up to read more. 

Fantasy, Enemies to Lovers, Hunger Games, 2 1/2 🔥

“Finding comfort in all the ways she was like me and all the ways I wished I could be more like her.”

“My father loved me. I knew this. But he loved me in spite of what I was. Loved the parts of me that he could make like him.”

“She was a dreamer. Kind, but soft. She’d rather escape to the world she dreamed of than fight for this one.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Genocide, War, Xenophobia, Cursing, Slavery, Torture, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child death, Grief, Body horror, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Death of parent, and Violence

frolickingandfantasy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Blood, Grief, Violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Rape and Torture

Minor: Cursing and Animal death

headinthepages'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

4.5

I loved this fantasy with romance. The pace was brilliant, the scene setting was great, and I loved the plot & characters.

The only reason it’s not a 5 star is that I would have loved a bit more background on the different houses & magic systems but it is in no way lacking and doesn’t confuse the story!

I love Oraya and her story, I love the enemies to lovers trope and chosen one trope too! The challenges faced by her were cruel and relentless and I loved reading about a feisty human woman fighting against the odds!

The ending was brilliant and I can’t wait to start book 2!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Body horror, Cannibalism, Cursing, Abandonment, Death, Grief, Vomit, War, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, and Rape

moonchild_cos's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Cursing, Sexual content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, and Death

Moderate: War, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual assault, Genocide, and Sexual violence

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, Torture, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, and Slavery