Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Une braise sous la cendre by Sabaa Tahir

26 reviews

seforana's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

mariahlynnpeck's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

 I happened to pick up this book at b&n just cause I really liked the cover and it sounded good. When I read this book I was so invested and I went through so many emotions especially the last 30% of the book. Hearing both Laia and Elias pov was so interesting it felt like reading 2 stories in one. Reading one and seeing how they were feeling vs how the other perceived it. I can’t wait to dive into the second one to see how their story goes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Rape

mgautreaux's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Body horror

Moderate: Rape

hurricanyounot's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I SIMPLY COULD NOT PUT THIS DOWN! I swear to god that if this series doesn’t end well for the characters after what they’ve been through in this book alone, it’s ON SIGHT, MISS TAHIR! Can’t wait to get my hands on the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Sexual harassment

mj1588's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

dlsmk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion

kaitrates's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

I really enjoyed this AND it was tough to read at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body horror and Gore

scorttarius's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring fast-paced

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

4.5

I went in expecting this book to be a lot all the other fantasy books but it was more dystopian than anything and I loved it. It even got me to look past a double love triangle if you think about it and I HATE that trope 😅. It reminded me a lot of Hunger Games and even though I haven’t fully finished Game of Thrones I can see why people would relate it as such. The chapters were short and so it was easy to get through. I finished in 5 hours. I cannot read to read the next book in the series

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

shortsweet123's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book is a trip, there’s a lot of intense things that happen. Without spoiling anything I’ll just say that every character in this book suffers in some way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, Murder, and Abandonment

amandalorianxo's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

This is the first book in a fantasy series I should have started reading a long time ago but I'm glad I was able to pick this up when it was available. The world building didn't leave me feeling lost or confused (although some titles I might have to list again so I don't get the individual groups confused.) Elias and Laia are great on their own as characters and I can't wait to see where the rest of the series takes them next :) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Torture, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Body horror, Death, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail