Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Une braise sous la cendre by Sabaa Tahir

26 reviews

andie13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

Slow start where I really didn’t like it, but then it got really good after I kept reading

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death of parent

chloenk_1011's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

bookswithkoda's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Abandonment

kkenna7's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

Good enough to make me wanna read book two, especially in the last third of it. Helene is an absolute nightmare of a character but I suppose that's on purpose so who can be mad, really. Curious to see how the rest of the series turns out!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Slavery, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Classism

angstifies's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-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? Yes

3.5

i apparently did not like this as much as many people did but oh well. the world building was terrible, i was exited to read about a fantasy world inspired by the Roman Empire and except from the somewhat latin names we get none of that.

the narrators and characters were so annoying, the main characters are 17 and 21 but i felt like i was being told a story by a fucking child.

but the absolute worst thing about this book was the <b>overuse of misogyny and sexual violence against women.</b> i get it, some books’ worlds and settings are sexist but it was so overused. there are so many mentions of rape/threats of rape when it’s not even needed, and it was absolutely pointless. and the sexism was absolutely disgusting, even the male main character himself is so fucking misogynistic and constantly objectifies the “love interests”, i could not believe this was written by a woman. 

i’m gonna make examples that infuriate me about <b>Elias specifically and his misogyny:</b> using “don’t act like a girl” as a degrading insult to Helene (a woman) SO MANY TIMES, even in his internal monologue + saying things like “oh they’re women! that’s how they are!”, shut the fuck up. sexualising both Laia and Helene basically always. feeling bad for a literal abusive RAPIST. letting marcus win knowing that now he can do whatever he wants with Helene and she can’t say no to him, all for a girl with no personality he met less than 2 months ago.

the characters were almost always insufferable and the romance was shit, i at least enjoyed the overall plot and the last 80 pages were great.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death of parent

alyssasaurus's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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: Body horror, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Violence, and Murder

trazimmariju's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

caregorman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense medium-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

Wait I really enjoyed this so much - just when i thought I was in my fantasy flop era! Very much here for the slow burn enemies to lovers??? Maybe???? Didn’t love some of the fighting scenes but wow 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Abortion

sg124's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

this was an amazing story but god i hate love triangles

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Grief, Abandonment, and Colonisation

sydapel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

I am into every a single element of this book. Every. One. Best book I've read so far this year hands down. From incredible world building to characters with complex motives to the intricate layers of every relationship to the perfect pacing, the book is exquisite.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Abortion, and Colonisation