Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

A Light in the Flame by Jennifer L. Armentrout

11 reviews

chocolateturtle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

zomigi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This is one of my favorites in the whole FBAA and FAF combined series. It's very emotional, with enough sweet bits to soften the dark, heavy parts, and the smut is really good because of that emotional aspect. I will warn readers that there is a bodily violation that isn't precisely sexual but still carries that sort of weight, and it really bothered me much more than I would have expected, given that, as I said, it's not actually sexual. Like all the books in this series, it suffers from poor copy editing and info-dumping, but not nearly as much as earlier books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fatphobia, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

viktoriann'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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Fatphobia, Gore, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

louisepea's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual assault, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

frootea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

4.0

Okay, the love for these characters that I have felt is insane. The characters are amazing, the plot is amazing, somehow I was hardly able to predict anything that happened in this book. Whether that be a good thing or a bad thing I did thoroughly enjoy it as it was always a surprise. These two books in the series so far have both made me need to put the book down and think about what I just read, made me kick my feet in the air and giggle when something sweet happens, and they've also made my hands tremble as I cry. Specifically this book!!! Now I will say, this book did not need to be 651 pages long. I swear there was a good 200 pages at least that could've been boiled down to 1 single chapter. I did get bored half way through and had to start another book but even while doing that, I still just wanted to continue reading about Sera and Ash. The characters are so wonderful and they have not left my mind since I picked up that first book 2 weeks ago. This book put me through a rollercoaster of emotions and so did the ending. I had to get up and take a walk to just digest it. Regardless, I love this series and you best believe I have that 3rd book preordered and no trick or treating will be happening for me this Halloween as I will be in Iliseeum <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

trzcuit's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide attempt

michaela_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I really like this series of JLAs. I do think it’s kind of repetitive of the FBAA storyline and characters, BUT I think that’s okay because I kind of like this story better. And I think it also helps show the parallel between Sera and Poppy’s stories since they’re ultimately connected and related. 

This story started off slow and I felt like they were having a lot of sex (don’t get me wrong I love shut), but there wasn’t much plot development. It did pick up in the last half and once that happened I had a hard time putting the book down. The ending kind of snuck up on me and I felt left a lot of plot lines and points open that I thought would be resolved but I guess that’s because there’s going to be another book lol so I’ll just wait to find out! Overall it was a good story and plot with a twist at the end I wasn’t expecting, and I can’t wait to see what happens in the next book! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Fatphobia, Slavery, Suicide attempt, and Murder

hapalyn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Child death, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War

hq_reads'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

This was brilliant - I loved the slow burn and angst between Sera and Nyktos.
The ending was very unexpected! I cannot wait for the next book!!! I have theories though….

I think that because Sera has Sotoria’s soul she will ascend when Nyktos removes the embers (because we know from the blood and ash series that he was successful). I think Sotoria will sacrifice her soul and die to save Sera… and I think Nyktos and Sera are heartmates and I think this will restore/has already restored his kardia

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Confinement, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Fatphobia and Alcohol

midnacine's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

No. No, it can't fucking stop there. ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? And we have HOW LONG until A Fire in the Flesh?? This is not fair. That's it, I'm gonna commit murder.*

*for legal reasons, this is a joke

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Rape, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Abandonment