Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

70 reviews

im_eebee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

Almost perfect. I just felt like some of the POV’s just made it drag horribly. But overall my favorite book in the series by far

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

infjkiki's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ungraceful_archimedes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Genocide, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

britwalsh16's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

Omg! Did this series get REALLY good!!! Sarah J Maas seems to start her series off simple with minimum characters & world building & their good. But once she’s a book or 2 in, she like let’s loose! Quadruples the amount of characters, makes the world so much bigger, and just lets all the drama and problems unfold. & I have to say it is a brilliant strategy. You don’t necessarily get fully hooked to the story in the beginning, but she’s not throwing a lot of stuff at you at once. If I started this book without having already known some of the characters, I don’t know if I would have been able to follow along and remember who all the players are. But having been brought into the story slowly, I followed it so easy, and I am thankful for that!
This book was incredible! I can’t wait for the rest of the series & to hopefully meet even more amazing characters!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Drug use, Excrement, and Abandonment

laceylove's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Cursing, Deadnaming, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Racism, Slavery, Medical content, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

kirstinlwx's review against another edition

fast-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? Yes

4.0

Though full of tropes and a healthy dose of one-dimensional thinking, I enjoyed this book so much. I’m fully hooked on this series now, especially with the introduction of new characters and more plot development and world-building. What a fun read, with great twists and stakes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Genocide, Physical abuse, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ikiteahill's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Compared to Throne of Glass and Crown of Midnight, this book was more enjoyable. There's not quite as much focus on the weird love triangle between Celaena, Chaol, and Dorian. And we learn a lot more about the witches and the fae, so obviously there is a lot more magic in this book.  There are some parts of the story that felt a little like the author was pulling at strings to get the plot to go where she needed it to go. A lot happens in this book and the POV switches between several characters. Usually this bothers me, but perhaps because I listened to the audiobook version, it didn't seem so jarring to switch POV because I was able to move through the story a lot faster than when I read text. The ending leaves you on a cliffhanger wondering what happens next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Genocide

Minor: Drug use and Slavery

gretchenplz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

You can tell this is SJM’s first series. 

Other note: I just cannot buy in on Celaena/Aelin being the strong female protagonist that everyone says she is. I find her selfish, vapid, annoying, and hypocritical, with no ability to understand nuance or see a bigger picture outside herself. A 19-year-old will not make a strong queen. And I know (I've seen this film before) she and Rowan are mates, so don't even get me started on that. 

I sincerely hope she gains perspective in the next book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide and Violence

Moderate: Slavery

dalek_caan's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-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? Yes

3.75

I felt like the beginning of the book dragged a bit, but as always with sjm books the second half of the book was a whirlwind. I thought the progression of the story was interesting, and am eager to pick up the next book in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Deadnaming, and Incest

sarahslays's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

4.75

I'm crying 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and War

Moderate: Child death, Death, Genocide, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury