Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Ashes of the Sun by Django Wexler

4 reviews

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

Wow.  This honestly kind of blew me away.  The world building was so robust and compelling.  The plot has enough intrigue to make me want to continue reading the series, though there was quite a bit of predictability and convenient/obvious turns of events.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

franrodalg's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

Clean, snappy prose, which works both in dialogue and narration; contrasting and well-justified character motivations, which lead to internal conflict clashing with external stakes; an intriguing setting,… 

At least from this first entry, I honestly can’t understand why this series is not at least as popular as some internet darlings. 

If I had to pick something to complain, I’d say that maybe some chapters could have been trimmed down a notch and (as I often do) I could have lived without romantic interests taking over so much space – though they didn’t annoy me in any way, which is saying something, coming from me.

Overall, a very solid first entry – though I have been burned before, so I remain cautious about the rest of the series!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

horizonous's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, and Blood

Minor: Alcoholism and Vomit

blewballoon's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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? Yes

3.5

This was a solid fantasy epic with interesting world building, creative technology, magic, and creatures. The fight scenes were exciting. There were a lot of compelling characters, although the two mains often made decisions that I didn't like. I appreciated how gender neutral the entirety was, with the grim poverty and violence it was nice that at least there wasn't any sexism or misogyny.

I hated Kit, her influence probably brought down the story for me more than it should have. I liked Yora so much more, and I was sad and disappointed that we weren't going to get more of her story and development. We never found out who was leaking rebel information, either.

I will probably pick up the next book, but I won't rush for it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing and Alcohol