Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Fire & Blood by George R.R. Martin

13 reviews

linnylionheart's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Animal death, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, Sexism, Body shaming, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Animal cruelty, Child death, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Miscarriage, Body horror, and Confinement

Moderate: Alcoholism, Medical content, Emotional abuse, and Infertility

Minor: Kidnapping and Slavery

diedaahh's review

adventurous dark sad tense slow-paced

4.0

Reads like a history-book. Might be confusing because of the many names that are recycled generation after generation (HOTD watchers: your Aegon doesn't exist until about the 65% mark) 

Other than that is the worldbuilding truly something else. The sheer amount of characters, motives, betrayal, political shenanigans and details is nothing short of impressive.

The book stopped being engaging to me after

Rhaenyra and Alicent died, but that might just be my gay ass

I'd recommend this book to readers who like high fantasy + dragons, don't mind telling over showing along with sparse dialogue and enjoy being a fly on the wall listening to the most dysfunctional family in Westeros 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual violence, Violence, Abandonment, War, and Child death

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Colonisation, Confinement, Torture, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide and Toxic relationship

roznn's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Child death, Infertility, Torture, Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Trafficking, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, and Racism

amsu's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-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? No

3.25

I never enjoyed reading a history book more. Despite its lengths I was happily reading along. I would only recommend this book to people that have read the Song of Fire and Ice Books beforehand, since this book is literally a history book of the reign of the Targaryen's. So you have to love the world to enjoy this. 

My favourite part of the book was the reign of Jaehaerys and Alysanne the most intriguing and was deeply gutted by the following Dance of the Dragons,which destroyed all of their achievements.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, War, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Incest, and Homophobia

arrowdodger's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

As both a history buff and a fan of A Song of Ice and Fire fan, this book was everything I wanted it to be and more! I'm so sad it's done and there isn't more yet! (Said every ASoIaF fan ever.)

I actually listened to this book on audio while at work. I'm not usually an audiobook person, but with the "non-fiction" tilt this takes I actually got a lot out of hearing it narrated. It somehow made it sound like someone was telling me an epic historical tale, whereas plainly reading it may feel like more of a slog through a textbook. The narrator was perfectly suited for the job, too. I really recommend trying it that way if the size and content seems daunting. (Then look at the pictures later.) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Toxic relationship, Gore, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Child death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Animal death, Blood, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Death, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Rape, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Violence, and War

lonny05's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious slow-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? N/A

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, and Incest

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death and Miscarriage

natashaleighton_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Rape, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Incest, War, Death, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, and Sexual violence

tashtasher's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Incest, Sexual content, Violence, and War

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Trafficking

Minor: Toxic relationship and Misogyny

circlesarah's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, War, and Toxic relationship

angstifies's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense

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

4.25

proud to say i read a whole HISTORY BOOK of the TARGARYEN and their silly little dragon fights. 

i really liked it, i enjoyed some parts way more than others but overall this was a great book. the first 50% of the book was absolutely amazing, then the dance started and it was kind of a struggle for me, and the aftermath was just alright. 

don’t know if we’ll ever get a second, or even a third if needed, novel for Aegon lll — Aerys ll (very unlikely) but it does get published i’ll absolutely read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, War, Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Body horror, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Rape, Torture, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: Slavery, Child death, Infertility, Medical content, and Death of parent