Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

137 reviews

arlaubscher's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Miscarriage, Infertility, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Alcoholism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, War, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, Medical content, Murder, Mental illness, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content, Slavery, and Trafficking

alexschrade's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious 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

One of the best books, I've read in a while. One of those book where you can imerge yourself in the story and it feels like you're watching everything with your own eyes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Murder

pbeeandj's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

Huge, epic, and gay. Quality animal and dragon friends to help our protagonists (I especially loved the Ichnuemon). All but one of the pov characters are POC. I wish I could watch this as a series. 5/5 stars and no notes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Religious bigotry, Death, Miscarriage, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

cameronreads's review

5.0

I don’t know how this book managed to surpass my expectations but it did by leaps and bounds. A perfect world, magic system, writing style, structure, and cast of characters. I was convinced I’d be saying it was too long, but if anything it could have been longer - I would spend forever in this incredible world with these life like characters. Loved this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Blood, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Dementia, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, Addiction, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Torture

laraveliants's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

“No woman should be made to fear that she was not enough.”

THIS BOOK!!!! The size of it intimidated the hell out of me, but I’m so happy I finally picked it up. The world-building and the lore were absolutely wonderful and expansive. Some parts felt slow in the beginning, but Samantha Shannon’s writing kept me interested. As everything started to unravel and connect, I became more and more hooked on the book. 

The characters made me go through different journeys with varying goals; I loved every second of it. Every adventure and every fight had me sitting straight because I never knew what would happen next.

After finishing this, I can say with my whole chest that The Priory of the Orange Tree truly deserves its hype. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

maddalynmoon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Classism, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Torture, War, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Infertility, and Infidelity

febber's review

adventurous emotional 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: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Grief

gwen_c6's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Violence, and War

fronk10's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious 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

4.0

An excellent fantasy read with compelling characters and great lore building. The magic and wonder of the book is palpable with every page. I was gripped from the get go, and for such a large book it’s really accessible and easy to read. Only criticism is that the plot of the ‘east’ with Tané takes a looooong time to get going.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, War, Murder, and Death of parent

ka_cam's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

This is a solid fantasy read- if you’re looking for a fantasy world where sexism, racism, and homophobia just don’t exist (women characters in all kinds of major and minor roles, characters of all colors, queer/same sex relationships central and generally completely normalized) in a clear but not overwrought way this is a great choice! Outside of that it was a pretty average plot, a bit predictable, and somehow not as satisfying an ending as I was hoping for. Given that a decent amount of fantasy is p openly sexist and racist though it is refreshing on that end. It’s giant but a great choice for a summer/beach read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Gore, War, Violence, Blood, and Animal death