Reviews tagging 'Classism'

From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

31 reviews

midnacine's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.5

Re-reading this as an audiobook was such a delight! Stina Nielsen does an impeccable job bringing Poppy and Hawke to life. My only gripe is that there was some inconsistency with the voice choices of different characters, so it was sometimes hard to keep track of who was speaking at specific times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Minor: Body shaming, Child death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Stalking, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, War, and Classism

dubious consent about 75% through due to

Poppy not being fully aware of Hawke/Casteel's identity when she consented to having sex with him

pinklizzards's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

4.5

I LOVED this book! It has it all: fantasy, mystery, SEX! It also has a diverse set of characters, even though you don’t really learn how diverse until the later books (POC, LGBTQ+ characters, disabled characters, etc.) 

I honestly had no idea where this book was going at any time. I can usually see plot twists before they happen, but I was SHOCKED!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Body shaming

hapalyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Sexual content, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

marijallamas's review against another edition

challenging dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Comentarios generales: me encantó, creo que podría volverse de mis sagas favoritas, no sentí que fuera nada obvio el main plot, las escenas de pelea no eran confusas y el desarrollo de los personajes es increíble. Yo ya sabía varios plot twists por tiktok y aún así terminé sorprendida jajaja que Chido escribe la autora. De verdad que Casteel le anda dando sus buenos madrazos a Rhys, ya queiro novio jajajaj

Escena fav: la apuñala por mil

Personaje fav: Casteel

Frases fav: Nothing is ever simple. And when it is, it’s rarely ever worth it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Abandonment, and Classism

ahirsch00's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

Love this series!!! I couldn’t put it down once I started!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, War, and Classism

maja_mecia's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

First half (or like 60%) of this book is super slow and repetitive. Then everything happens in the last 100 pages - still good fun, just takes a while to read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, and Classism

campisforever's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

A decent vampire romance with a complex plot. Gender nonconforming readers should be aware that Armentrout inexplicably uses the terms “fe/male” as signifiers of gender. Also, there is a dubious consent kissing scene early in the novel, which I will not mark as a spoiler because I would have liked to know it was there myself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying and Kidnapping

begentile's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

clapyourshands's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism

Minor: Child death and Domestic abuse

likethepickle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Child death, Death, and Classism