Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

96 reviews

lexihworth's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, War, Sexual content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Violence, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Blood, and Death

whatbeccareadnext's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

So... This book should have been put through at least one more round of edits. It definitely could have been cut down by 100+ pages. It's really sad because I was so excited to read this sequel, but it dragged so much in the middle. I would have rather waited for a much better version of this book to be published, than what we got. I hope that Rebeca Yarros and her publishers get back on track for book 3.

That said, it definitely picked up A LOT over the last 150 pages and the story really progressed a lot towards the end. If you're struggling with the middle, keep going. It is, at the very least, worth finishing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, War, Cursing, Death, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Violence, Sexual content, Torture, Chronic illness, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Murder

kreated_kaos's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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

Rebecca Yarros knows how to tear us up. I am not okay. This book is a masterpiece hands down and also emotionally crippling at the same time. I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death of parent, Murder, Grief, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing and Injury/Injury detail

lorenmarie7's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-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: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, War, Violence, Chronic illness, Torture, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

comfy_anna's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Sexual content, Death of parent, Grief, War, Bullying, Torture, Kidnapping, Confinement, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Physical abuse, Medical content, and Murder

julessssss's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.5

 I will die on the hill that this could have been two books (hence the -0.5)

on the other hand though, one of the best romances I have read a bit, in terms of the characters actually developing together and apart 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and War

elledanie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Sexual content

Moderate: War, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Animal death, Cursing, Torture, Death, and Blood

zoenelson'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? It's complicated

4.0

I liked Fourth Wing a lot more. The author tried to fit so many new storylines and characters into this book. As a result, the pacing was quick and some storylines/characters were not fully fleshed out. At times I found there to be plot inconsistencies that would have benefited from closer editing. The torture scenes were really graphic. I’m also personally disappointed by the ending but hopeful the next books will get back on track! This book had high highs and low lows! Worth a read if you love the series and main characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Chronic illness

Minor: Blood and Suicide attempt

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

4.0

another extremely gripping read!

pros:
- the writing is just addictive, even though 600+ pages of small text, I didnt want to put it down.
- overall, i enjoyed this more than the first i think, there were less tropes i didnt like and the writing felt better.
- xaden does finally tell violet his secrets which was character growth.
- the twists and turns were fun to read and I didnt predict many, if any, of them.
- while impulsive, violet does show her intellect in figuring shit out and I liked

how protective she was of Sloane and that she confided in her friends despite xaden's reservations.

- I like the reveal about

andarna being a whole different species, even if it did make violet even more of a "Special" woman, in that andarna picked her out of everyone. And I liked andarna's sass and rebellion as a teenage dragon, as well as her wing being damaged by her disruptive sleep. that felt like good consequences for how Andarna saved violet's life

 
- I liked the bits of humor, with ridoc and tairn's sarcastic sass, as well as Andarna's.
- the angst overall was excellent, there was all different types and all of the characters went through the wringer in one way or another!
- I also liked the team dynamics a lot, with ridoc, imogen, rhiannon and the rest banding round violet and teasing her.

cons:
- biggest issue was just how many names there were. i just lost track. needed a list of characters and their roles desperately. I couldnt remember who garrick was, was still learning dragon names at the end, and thought Tairn was the biggest dragon. i did read it fast, but it did suffer from the fantasy book disease of an overstuffed cast (imo).
- the argument between xaden and violet was repetitive, which was noted but still a bit frustrating. like, the growth in xaden finally revealing his big secret(s) seems to just be that violet wore him down and he was worried they'd die. so.
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I didnt like violet's mum being redeemed tbh. I prefer the message that it's ok not to reconcile with abusive parents, and I didnt really enjoy the revelations about her mum making xaden protect violet and her mum dying for her. maybe a personal preference tho.

- Cat was an annoying development and I didny really enjoy any of her sections. I think women managing to work together and get on dispite history involving a man is far more interesting than being petty. I know its brought up that Cat just wants xaden's crown, but it still felt like the catty (hah) ex trope.
- also, just personally, I skipped some of the sex. i thought the sexual tension between them was written great, but I would have been happy with a fade to black. but that's just how the book is.

all in all, this was highly addictive and I loved a lot of the ideas and the bits of humour. despite some significant flaws, definitely want to read the next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, War, Violence, Chronic illness, Cursing, and Death

aileron's review against another edition

adventurous slow-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? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, War, Torture, Violence, Blood, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, and Kidnapping