Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse

21 reviews

ishtar_n's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

A great read! But far more fast paced than book one. Kinda wished it had taken its time more - some of the character decisions seemed out of nowhere.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Rape and Pedophilia

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

emmagrace'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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: Blood, Body horror, Murder, Death, Alcohol, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Confinement, War, Xenophobia, Animal death, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Sexual content, Sexism, and Religious bigotry

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

astrotoad's review

adventurous dark tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Murder, Gore, and Blood

readingsofaslinky's review

adventurous dark tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Blood, Classism, Xenophobia, Violence, Murder, Misogyny, and Grief

ruthlessreads's review

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

While I enjoyed this book, I definitely liked Black Sun better. I think a big reason that I liked this book less was because I can tell that it's a set up for what's going to happen in the rest of the series. Not much happens, plot-wise, but we do learn character's motivations, movements, and future plans. The reader is carried through the camps of the Sun priest, the Crow clans meetings, and taken along on Xiala's adventures with the Priest of Knives. The novel ends with a deep sense of foreboding. We know what's coming and we know it's going to be brutal. I can't wait to see what happens next but I can't help but wish that we got a little less of the planning & motivations so we could focus on plot. However, one of the things I really like about these books are how character driven they are. So, for me, it was still quite enjoyable while also making me excited to see where the next book takes us & how all these plans come out!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, and War

black_cat_iiix's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror and Alcoholism

Minor: Child abuse

anxiousnachos's review

4.5

Fuck yeah, this was an awesome sequel! (Did I also go into this somehow thinking it was a duology and now am need a time machine for the third book? Yes.) 

I loved that we got to see a closer look at some particular characters in this one (cough Iktan cough). One of my favourite things about this series is that I could pick 5 different readers and I bet we’d all be rooting for different people. It’s such a morally grey world, there’s no black and white, there’s no side you should be rooting for, no clear villains and heroes. You just have to stand by your character. (In case you were wondering, I am obviously team Serapio, aka man who can turn into a bunch of murderous crows). 

There is such an ease to the way Rebecca Roanhorse worldbuilds, it is fantastic to read. You never feel overwhelmed and yet you feel like you know so much about this world. Wonderful sequel!! 

Content warnings: murder, blood, gore, torture, injury detail, self harm (for magic), violence, body horror, sex, alcohol, toxic mother, grief, death, death of loved one, war

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Murder, Blood, Gore, War, Violence, Torture, Sexual content, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death, and Body horror