Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Alas de sangre by Rebecca Yarros

97 reviews

brand_ohs's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.0

Good plot, if you’re into romance those moments are some of the better that I have read. Pacing very good and it always felt like something was happening. If you are getting into fantasy books this is not a bad place to start. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Body shaming

Not really spoiler but will bring attention to it a lot, the phrase

”this shouldn’t be a turn on”

and other similar variants gets used frequently enough it became funny to me.

soobooksalot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

britwalsh16's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

Holy shit!!! What took me so long to read this book!!! It is incredible!!! Rebecca Yarros is in the same league with Sarah J Maas except with Rebecca it doesn’t take a book or 2 to get me addicted to the series, I was hooked from the beginning! I loved everything about this book & I already want to read it again!!! But instead I’m going to go start Iron Flame! 😍

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Physical abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Torture and Abandonment

spellygirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

sabrina_d_arcy's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

emsavors's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.5

Rebecca Yarros really sat down and wrote a book which includes every possible trope ever. Manic pixie dream girl, not like the other girls, i’m no longer attracted to my best friend but i am attracted to the guy who wants to kill me. You’ll find all these and more. Also the ending is just the hunger games: catching fire.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

kshertz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? No

4.5

I thoroughly enjoyed this book! I think the criticisms are valid but because I’m not a huge dystopian reader, I’m able to just enjoy the storyline. There was some romance but it’s not the main plotline. But I loved every minute of the story and it was very exciting! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

bookswithlauren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

mattyb's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Drug use and Vomit

court_reads_it_all's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

I was hesitant to read this book because of the hype however this has become one of my favorites. Definitely a book I would recommend to friends. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit