Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

La quinta estación by N.K. Jemisin

32 reviews

imjumokay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring 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

Best fantasy book I've ever read. I understand the reviews now. Everything lead to its inevitable end. We should really figure out climate change.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Blood and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Transphobia, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Dysphoria

silversparkles50's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying and Suicide

Minor: Animal death and Cannibalism

maryellen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

widowrites's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This book is astonishingly good. I can’t wait to read the rest of the series. Definitely mind the trigger warnings for this one.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

tangledweb65's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

This was a challenging book to read, and I found it slightly slow to start, but GOD it was worth it. One of those books you finish and immediately reach for the next in the trilogy. I absolutely admire the style of storytelling she manages to achieve, and how she makes the characters such normal people while being so completely not. Absolutely amazing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Deportation

Minor: Hate crime, Mental illness, Excrement, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

sakiido's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

dragon_s_hoard's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Sexism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Classism

tired_cicada's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.75

Do you ever go into a book knowing nothing about it and it is just gut punch after gut punch? Cause apparently that's how I need to pick my books from now on casue y'all this book had me in the palm of its hand!! 

(Check trigger warning through!)

I am I sucker for nonlinear story telling, I live pick out the lies and the half truths! I am glad I didn't know anything about this though, cause if I'd know this book was told in second person I probably wouldn't have picked it up, but...
This it was just too good! 

I would recommend this book to my friends... But maybe not my mom. If you know you know.

I need book two right now!

WE ARE GOING TO STEAL THE MOON!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Slavery, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Vomit, Cannibalism, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

mythicsage's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Transphobia, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

hazeln00t's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

This book rules and I can’t wait to re-read it. Throughout the book there’s passing observations that feel inconsequential and human, but no remark or reflection is accidental. Jemisin is a fantastic world builder and the ending snowballed so fast to a jaw dropping tease for the next book. All of her characters are also deeply emotionally intelligent. That’s not exactly realistic maybe for people in real life, but it makes for damn good fiction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism and War

Minor: Body horror, Deadnaming, Cannibalism, and Fire/Fire injury

While races are fictional, race and bigotry are prominent themes.