Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse

27 reviews

taroroot's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

i don't even know why this took me so long to read but i really enjoyed. all the different POVs flowed really nicely together and i loved Nara and Xiala especially

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

discarded_dust_jacket's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

As in Black Sun, Roanhorse does a masterful job of bringing to life such a rich and complicated world in this second installment.

I always struggle a little bit with the second book in ANY fantasy series, simply because once the novelty of stepping into a new world and getting to know the characters fades, it becomes harder for me to keep track of (and therefore care about) all the complicated machinations of the plot.

But my investment in these characters kept me wanting to continue, even when all the politics and strategizing sometimes went over my head. I definitely appreciated that we got to spend more time with Iktan, because I found xir so interesting in the first book.

Where I tended to have the most trouble was understanding the characters’ wants and motivations, especially Iktan and Serapio. I wasn’t sure why they were doing what they were doing—what it was they were trying to achieve or what they were seeking (though this was eventually revealed pretty explicitly in Serapio’s case by the end)—and that took me out of the story a few times. 

Other than that though, this really was great. I didn’t realize when I started that this isn’t a completed series, and I wish I’d thought to check because now I don’t want to have to wait to find out what happens next!! 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Murder, and Torture

Minor: Sexual violence, Alcohol, and Vomit

clhtdr's review

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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood

macknificent's review

adventurous dark 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? Yes

3.75

This suffered a bit of Second Book Syndrome, but I still enjoyed it. Crow Daddy and Ocean Bae still rule my heart so I cannot wait for Book 3! Mark my words, Roanhorse, I will never forgive you if they don't have a happy ending. Together.

As for Sun Skank, she continues to be a thorn in my side. I spent the entire book exasperated by her choices and wishing for her death. 

All the other characters were interesting and fully fleshed. I live Roanhorse's world building, though I would like a little more of the history explained. I think that will happen in book 3. 

Anyway, definitely will be continuing the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Self harm

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore, Grief, and Death of parent

jackiepreston's review

adventurous slow-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? No

3.5

This doesn't feel like a book in a trilogy, it feels like the middle part of a story. The book doesn't have its own plot, just setup for the conclusion which I hope finally comes in the next book. If this series is longer than a trilogy I'm giving up

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Alcohol, Death, and Body horror

Moderate: War, Violence, and Adult/minor relationship

nerodyne's review

adventurous dark emotional 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 really can not put into words how much I enjoyed this book. I loved Black Sun, and this book continued exploring what I found most interesting and compelling from the first book. I was glad to see other characters like Iktan, Okoa, and Balam get more time to expand their characters, and I enjoyed the growth that Serapio and Naranpa went through to lead to the ending. Not to mention the worldbuilding continues to be vibrant and excellently done. I could not recommend this series highly enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, War, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Misogyny

vagrantheather's review against another edition

adventurous slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

alexalily's review

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Death, Blood, Gore, Grief, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Confinement, Homophobia, Classism, and Self harm

lucystolethesky's review

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Blood, Gore, War, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Classism, Confinement, Medical content, Xenophobia, and Grief

Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt

laurenleigh's review

adventurous mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

While I absolutely loved the first book in this series, Black Sun, I kind of struggled to get through this one. I know a big part of that is because I read my own copy, in print. My routines these days give me ample day time for audiobooks and regular night time for ebooks, but paper copies that don’t have a library return date…I took forever on this one. I think the pacing was a lot slower in this second installment. There was a lot of aftermath from the action of the first book, but not a ton of its own action here in #2. Much of this book felt like it was setting up for the third book. The plot of the first also felt tighter and cleaner, if that makes sense. Truly still a great novel with utterly fantastic world-building. Black Sun is just such a hard act to follow!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Murder, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Grief, Gore, and War