Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

202 reviews

krys_y's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture, Vomit, and Kidnapping

sk8r2natls's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

The best thing about this book is how complicated the characters are throughout. I both despise and adore all of them. Though this book felt like a connector more than anything. Plot points that had to happen to get from one book to the next, but the stories didn’t intersect. 500+ pages feels like a long roundabout. But I will keep reading the series, because I’m curious to see where this story goes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Torture and Vomit

dezramama's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Drug use, Slavery, Blood, Excrement, Grief, and Classism

Minor: Vomit

booklov3r5019's review

adventurous mysterious tense medium-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

Oh. My. Gosh. I absolutely LOVED this book. Not my favorite of the series but ROWAN?? Oh my gosh that man is the literal love of my life. It doesn't seem like he's great at first, but Good Lord. He's amazing. Anyway. Not completely why I gave this 4.75 stars, but he was definitely a big part of that.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol

beckyremillard's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ajfasch's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring medium-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

4.25

Calaena/Aelin and Rowan… that is how you do enemies to friends to eventual lovers I’m guessing. A nice slow burn. I loved the introduction of Manon, her whole character arc and trying to figure out where she’s going to fit with the rest of the characters. I felt like the last 75 pages kind of got dragged out and the storylines could have been wrapped up a little quicker, but still an excellent read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

jlg1's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

dragonaion's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious sad 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

By the third book in most series, the story and it's characters begin to fall apart. A groove is lost and the story often falls of the rails. In the hero's journey, the hero simply continues to be amazing and fights another 'dragon' with ease. 
This is the third book of the series, but promises a beginning that I am dying to follow! This book is a hard read and many who have endured trauma will find themselves more in Celeana's shoes than they might ever want to admit. You will find her back at the beginning of the hero's journey, at her lowest and most defeated, rising from the ashes once more in a way so natural, you forgot this is a fantasy. Brace for impact, get lost in the words, and hold on tight for the ride to come! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Physical abuse, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Blood, Trafficking, Murder, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Child abuse and Sexual content

reading_in_maine's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

Best book I’ve read this year. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Animal death

lil_mushroom's review against another edition

4.0

This book broke me (Aka, made me cry).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Slavery, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Medical content and Fire/Fire injury