Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

72 reviews

daisyreads1171's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Confinement, and Bullying

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense fast-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

5.0

This follow-up to "Fourth Wing" did not disappoint. It continued with non-stop action, twists and turns, and romance to make for terrific storytelling. It'll be hard to wait another year for the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, War, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Death of parent, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Body horror, Bullying, Body shaming, Forced institutionalization, Death, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

anne_reader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual content, Cursing, Death, Grief, Gore, War, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Blood, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Medical trauma

e_emmaa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual content, Body horror, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Gore, Torture, Grief, Murder, Animal death, Violence, War, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, War, Alcohol, Medical content, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Grief, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Gore, and Torture

Minor: Animal death, Violence, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Grief, Gore, War, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Death, and Sexual content

michireading's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Classism, Sexual content, Chronic illness, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Ableism, Blood, Cursing, Kidnapping, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and War

ginac's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death of parent, Body shaming, Bullying, and Dysphoria

kshertz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional relaxing 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? It's complicated

4.0

I definitely enjoyed it. I’ve also definitely read better fantasy books. I also definitely know that fourth wing was better. However, none of that is stopping me from wanting to continue with the series and find out what happens. This author does an excellent job keeping me hooked and I did not want to stop reading the book even when I was finding it to be a little over the top with the world building. It’s definitely interesting because this is a romance writer writing sci-fi which is exactly some thing that I would like better than a sci-fi writer writing romance.  But there’s barely any romance. When there is romance though it’s excellent and the smut is awesome but it’s definitely not enough for me. All that said she must be doing something right because I’m definitely going to keep reading

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Bullying, Death, War, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Vomit, Blood, Torture, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Gore, and Grief

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

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

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

4.5

What. Even. I have to wait until DECEMBER? I really can’t. The ending of this book is such a cliffhanger and a twist I was not anticipating. I enjoyed this book, but felt some of it could’ve been condensed. I also felt that some of the magic wasn’t explained as well as I would’ve liked, but all in all, this was a good part 2. The characters are embedded in my heart now, and I hope they all have a happy ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Xenophobia, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Genocide, Emotional abuse, Blood, War, Drug use, Colonisation, Toxic relationship, Torture, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, Violence, Animal death, Confinement, Death of parent, Vomit, Murder, Medical content, Kidnapping, Gore, and Gaslighting

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

Moderate: Vomit, Bullying, Deadnaming, and Animal death

blacksphinx's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

My feelings from the first book hold steady - an entertaining popcorn read with the worst aspect by far being the romance. I groaned every time Xaden showed up because I knew I was going to be subjected to page-long kiss descriptions and poorly written sex scenes. Violet has so much stupid emotional drama over this boy, I hated it. It really dragged down the middle of this book, especially the jealously subplot. I kept reading because I wanted to know how the conflict with the venin was going to shake out and because I wanted to learn more about the dragons. There were some nice developments on that front, and the set up for the next book will keep me reading.

Some things stood as as really jarring. There is a returning minor character whose actions are all over the place in an illogical way. I cannot reconcile their behavior. It also bothers me that

torture is constantly portrayed as a valid and reliable way of getting information, when in real life torture is completely ineffective. The fact that the author is military-adjacent only makes me feel more sour about this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Vomit, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Xenophobia, Genocide, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Ableism, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death, Colonisation, Alcohol, Medical content, and Bullying