Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Fourth Wing - Flammengeküsst by Rebecca Yarros

39 reviews

lizsurber's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

jageorge's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

I don’t know why I wait so long to read this but omggg. And that slow burn tension? *chefs kiss*

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Blood, Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and War

seren's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Death, Forced institutionalization, Colonisation, Blood, Gore, War, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, and Murder

amandaboyer's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Medical trauma, Medical content, Chronic illness, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Body horror, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Ableism

margaretpeebles's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

Moderate: Murder, Genocide, War, Violence, Blood, and Death

meeileen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

It's a 10/10, but by the end it got a bit too cheesy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Death of parent, Cursing, and War

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Grief, Genocide, and Body shaming

gphemsley's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Vomit, War, Sexual content, Blood, Chronic illness, Genocide, Classism, Gore, Cursing, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Medical trauma, and Violence

mattiedancer's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.0

Writing: 3⭐️/5 

The writing was there. I’m a big quote person. Generally, I write down at least one quote from every novel I read, one line that just felt so beautiful and powerful I can’t resist putting it in my notes app to look back on it later. I don’t have a single one for this book. And that’s not to say it’s poorly written. It’s more of the opposite: it was well-written, but unremarkable. It existed to serve both the plot and the characters and, while that means there was nothing terribly wrong with the writing, it was not the book’s strong point either. 

Beyond that, I believe the novel started at maybe the worst possible start. I either needed more of Violet’s life before joining the Riders or less. I had a sliver of it, and it served only to push back the action without doing any concrete service to the characters or the plot.

Characters: 4⭐️/5

Alright. Xader is amazing. Love him. Perfection, don’t change a thing. Our main character, Violet or Violence: she’s very awesome, but I felt like her inconsistencies as a character were pushed off as ‘character growth.’ I saw no scribe here, despite everyone’s insistence that there was one. I saw a nerdy girl with a love of reading, but not a scribe, and it bothered me for the first half of the novel, despite loving the strengthening and self-improvement of our MC. The side characters felt forgotten at times and well-fleshed out at others. And Dain. He’s believable to a point, but I really had a hard time taking him seriously after a while because he was too easy to hate. I wanted a bit more out of him. But also, I had fun with the characters, and I’m pretty sure most fantasy-novel lovers would, too.  

Plot: 3.5⭐️/5 

A world with a strict government that is allowing the death of many innocents. A girl who is exceptional in her powers, despite looking small and weak. A rebellion alliance that is gaining traction. A love interest who is forced upon our main character. It’s a lot of things I’ve seen before, and a lot of things I’ve seen before together. That’s not to say I didn’t have fun reading the plot, but I found myself often a bit bored with the tropes and overused plot points. At one point I found myself wondering why we can’t have a functional government in fantasy novels. After all, it is fantasy. And the fact that I spent a portion of the novel daydreaming is probably not the best evidence for a fully engaging and exciting plot.

World: 4.5⭐️/5

Can’t help but add a whole category to my review process in order to tell you about this world. I was intrigued and enthralled by this world. I loved the dragons and, even more, I loved that the dragons rule this world. I enjoyed the powers, the explanation of the academy, and the vibrancy of the processes the dragon riders had to undergo. I tired a bit of the exceptionalism of the world – I don’t need an explanation of fertility suppressants, personally. We can just call birth control, birth control – but otherwise, I found it fun, exciting, and intriguing.

Who Should Read This Book? 

• Fans of ACOTAR & TOG
• Fans of dragon-centered books
• Readers not deterred by a few tropes and predictable plots
• Someone looking for a fast and fun fantasy read

Content Warnings? 

• Death, sexual content, death of parent, grief, torture, murder, fire/fire injury, blood, ableism, violence, war, bullying

Post-Reading Rating:  4.25⭐️/5

Will read the next book; however, I am not excited for us to pretend to be mad at the main love interest for the first bit.

Final Rating: 4⭐️/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, War, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cursing, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Bullying, Child death, Classism, Death, and Gaslighting

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

5.0

Oh my god, I want book 2 and I want it now! 

First of all, an adult spicy how to train your dragon? Sold.

Fully developed, well-rounded characters? Absolutely.


Semi-predictable plot but still worth reading? Definitely. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death of parent, Genocide, Abandonment, and Child abuse

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, and Bullying

keya_caivalur's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, War, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death of parent, Chronic illness, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Bullying, Death, Colonisation, Murder, Genocide, and Xenophobia