Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Half King by Melissa Landers

6 reviews

maddiewagnerr's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

essiekay's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Gaslighting

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Suicide, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Outing

espurrr's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

I really like Cerise. She's sheltered, but so curious. Her deep love and empathy for all things really shows through her actions. I also like how she stays true to herself, even in difficult situations. She's determined to do what is right. 

The setting is interesting enough. The side characters are entertaining. The half mercy, half wrath goddess is appealing to me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

vixairy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Minor: Drug use, Self harm, Suicide, and Alcohol

xapoptosisx's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

A very strong 4.5 stars half of this felt like a dnd campaign all fun and whimsy while the other half was a quite gut wrenching tale of religious trauma and what it means to be a woman in a patriarchal world and then overthrowing it. Cerise's speech in the final battle impeccable 10/10 no notes. The epilogue so scary and then the fairyloot edition has a bonus chapter from the pov of the dog which takes place after the epilogue which is somehow more intense and eerie than the original epilogue. Anyway I'm looking forward to read the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Infidelity, Self harm, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

kayceeisbookish's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

1.5

This book was just...meh. The characters felt flat. Dialogue was blah. The plot drug on FOREVER! I was dragging myself through this book because the story has so many weird plot holes that were never addressed. The MC is an adult but acts like a teen.  Just...not a vibe for me overall.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol