Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski

24 reviews

excepto's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Wolniejsza od innych części, pokazuje dogłębnie okrucieństwo wojny, i to jak nawet w nim znajdywać momenty piękna. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Colonisation

bookaholic_in_wonderland's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Rape

lqne's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Abortion, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual content, Blood, and Vomit

camoo3032's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Rape, and Sexism

Moderate: Gore, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Biphobia, Child abuse, Cursing, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Abortion, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Colonisation

madziorinio's review against another edition

adventurous medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Rape, Violence, Blood, and War

Minor: Addiction, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail

tilo'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Dieser Teil der Hexerreihe führt fort, was die Vorgänger schon so hervorragend erreichen und führt darüber hinaus einige sehr bedeutsame Charaktere ein, die ich bereits aus den Videospielen kannte und nun besser verstehe.
Exakt 300 Seiten braucht es bis meine Lieblingscharakterin

Yennefer

endlich wieder auftauchte und trotzdem (oder gerade deshalb durch die Spannung) hat sich "Feuertaufe" so fesselnd und schnell gelesen. 
Bemerkswert ist auch das Weiterführen der gleichgeschlechtlichen Liebesbeziehung

von Ciri

und die Betonung, dass nur Schwangere selbst entscheiden sollten, ob sie einen Schwangerschaftsabbruch durchführen wollen (dies wurde bereits früher in der Reihe schon etabliert, kam hier aber noch intensiver vor).
Ich bin hin und weg von dieser Reihe!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Slavery, Suicide, and Vomit

kalisaur's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

The first half of this was so slow, it felt like basically nothing happened the first 140 pages. There's so much Sapkowski just references during the first two books, it seems weird that this one is almost just a filler to put the players in the right spots for the next part of the story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Cursing, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery, Xenophobia, Abortion, and Pregnancy

dreamingandendless's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The best book in the series thus far. A fun adventure with a weird discussion on abortion towards the end? Still unsure if I should recommend the series 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Miscarriage, Blood, and Abortion

shrvyne's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

fiveredhens's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny slow-paced

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

2.75

favorite quotes:

'We'll do a bit of reconnaissance. If it's safe, I'll make a call like a sparrow hawk.'

'Like a sparrow hawk?' said Munro Bruys, anxiously moving his chin. 'Since when did you know anything about mimicking bird calls, Zoltan?'

'That's the whole point. If you hear a strange, unrecognisable sound, you'll know it's me.'

(after having killed a man threatening corrective rape)

Falka calmly sheathed her sword and looked around. Servadio was dumbstruck at the sudden change in her expression.

'My candyfloss,' the girl whined miserably, looking at her treat lying soiled in the sand. 'I dropped my candyfloss...'

Mistle hugged her. 'I'll buy you another.'

the sexual assault really detracts from what would otherwise be an alright book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Fatphobia and Lesbophobia

Minor: Rape