Reviews tagging 'Violence'

From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

467 reviews

daniwantsalibrary's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence

entanglednovels's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Okay, you got me. I'm officially hooked. There are a lot of not good aspects and some problematic aspects, but the entertainment is there. This is what I imagine it feels like to watch The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills or something. Maybe the Bachelor. I never got into trashy drama filled reality TV so maybe now I can embrace trashy NA terribly written fantasy romance books.

Glad to see the writing did improve a little as the book went on, but it should've gone through another round or two of editing + proofreading imo. The incorrect use of em dashes and ellipses drove me a bit insane the first third of the book before I just became numb to it. But at this point, I will put the garbage writing aside for the entertainment factor.

I have to acknowledge that this is not a good fantasy book (arguably not a good book in general). The world building is lacklustre at best and we don't get any answers until the last eighth of the story. Not to mention the supreme lack of effort surrounding names and language. It's also terribly predictable and full of typical tropes but like...I'm kinda okay with it because I was entertained. It may be trash but I want to know what happens.  

All I have to say is

Darklina walked so Cas and Poppy could RUN. I saw that coming a mile away.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent

Minor: Child death, Sexual violence

prisigtr's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief

finnickdeservedbetter's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Body shaming, Genocide, Misogyny, Religious bigotry

Minor: Domestic abuse, Rape

mirandareadsca's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent

juliette_95's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was my first JLA book and while this isn't the best book I've ever read, but it was engaging and held my attention long enough to read it in about three days. There were lots of twists and turns that i didn't see coming and I really enjoyed reading this. I will definitely be reading the rest of the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Physical abuse

Minor: Death of parent

sunsetcity's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional lighthearted tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This was quite the wild ride. I definitely think that this was way too long and there was a lot of repetition, especially in Poppy's inner monologue. The romance was alright and I thought the ending was explosive enough for me to be interested in reading the next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder

rachelreadthese's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence

theawkwardbooknerd's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Sexual content

egmamaril's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I normally don't read romance books, but this was a pleasant surprise as it mixes known genre tropes with an active heroine and pretty accurate depictions of straight sex. The fighting scenes in particular are very engaging.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence

Moderate: Ableism