Reviews tagging 'Violence'

We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal

133 reviews

maddymaddy9's review against another edition

adventurous relaxing 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Violence

gremlin24's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Torture, Murder, War, and Classism

Minor: Death of parent

sam_011195's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death

rhibeanreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Violence

abby_can_read'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

4.0

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This was a good book. It was a good read. I liked the characters and the banter between Zafira and Nasir. The worldbuilding and the lore were amazing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death and Child death

nz_elle's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Dementia and Death of parent

kissreka03's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Child death

ceridwen33's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.25

I enjoyed Faizal's Middle Eastern-inspired fantasy world, which I thought did a good job not overexplaining things for readers with no familiarity with Middle Eastern history in real life but making them do a little bit of learning. The characters had a range of physical characteristics from southern Europe to northern Africa, which creates some diversity, though all the characters appear to be canonically straight, although there are definitely some queerplatonic/romantic vibes between Zafira and a friend. Overall I liked it enough to give the sequel a chance but wasn't pulled into this book enough to read the next immediately. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Torture

chi__'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Grief, and Death of parent

jessiemp2024's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Slow to build, but after about 30%, I was hooked. The last 100 pages had me on the edge of my seat. Immediately diving into the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail