Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

A Venom Dark and Sweet by Judy I. Lin

14 reviews

hello_lovely13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Torture and Grief

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol

amberinpieces's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

kirstenf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Violence, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Grief, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

vixenreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

The last third of the book saved it from transforming into another typical YA troupe, especially with its use of folklore. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Classism

Minor: Cursing

Be aware that there are graphic moments of possession, trading human lives for power, chronic pain, broken limbs, and parasites being removed from body parts.

ms_sarah621's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.5

3.5 - I’m really having trouble rating this one. This seems to be a pretty great conclusion to the duology. The series as a whole doesn’t focus on the tea magic how I thought it would. I feel that I learned more in this book, but this magic could have become so intricate at times. Anyways, I did not expect the horror and unsettling imagery in this book. The Shift, the Shadow Realm, and the reality were all horrifying at times. Please don’t talk to me about the fish with human teeth… I found this imagery exciting to read and horrifying for what was happening to these characters. It really intrigued me as I was reading. The ending felt a little rushed. I kept looking down at the page numbers wondering when they were going to do something before the end, and it came very quick. It could have been some action packed, well described chapters that leaned into that horror element. However, it wrapped up fairly quick. Overall, I think this series is worth checking out. I really enjoyed the writing and the imagery, which kept me wanting to know what would happen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood and Fire/Fire injury

euphemiajo's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Classism

cattheteawitchfairy's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

3.0

An interesting conclusion to the duology. I certainly preferred the first text as this one seemed less experimental and fell more into stereotypes.

I did enjoy it but I found it less good in comparison and therefore gets a lower rating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

ampam's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Blood and Fire/Fire injury