Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

The Iron Flower by Laurie Forest

11 reviews

petra333's review

dark sad tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Deportation

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Minor: Vomit and Alcohol

kassidyreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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: Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Sexism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

kwthor's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Grief, and Colonisation

Minor: Rape and Blood

sarahbholm's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

I loved this one but this gets further into the things that happened in the first one and has a very early Holocaust feel from the Gardnierians

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death and War

geenahnola's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Suicide, Religious bigotry, and War

crystalsparkles's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Racism, Rape, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Suicide attempt

jla's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book made me so emotional.  It was a tough read. I just need Elryn to belong somewhere. It dragged for a bit around 60-70%.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Torture, Religious bigotry, Murder, and War

koistyfishy's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

Wow…. Just wow.

I enjoyed The Black Witch, I *loved* this! 

This sequel is everything that a sequel should be and more… I fell more and more I’m love with the characters with every page…

The feeling this book ignites is sitting in front of a warm fire with an amazing hot cup of “something” on a cold winter night…being warm and cosy! 

I just love how this story is progressing and how amazingly detailed and intricate the plot is woven together with the fantastic character development! 

Really one of the best books I have read in a while… it had me laugh out loud, audibly gasp and squeal, ugly cry and give up sleep… all the qualities that make a book instant 5/5⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Grief, and Murder

minbyrnes's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense 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

I had a lot of fun reading/listening to this.

I was wondering if anyone of importance was going to die. I really don’t mind if main or important side characters don’t die in stories like this; I don’t care that it’s not realistic. The deaths were sad but the genocide hit me hard. That part was very difficult to read.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Genocide, and Slavery

siobhanisreading's review

dark emotional sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Genocide, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, and Colonisation