Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

29 reviews

eberzy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, Torture, and Death of parent

Moderate: Physical abuse, War, Fire/Fire injury, and Slavery

Minor: Vomit, Child death, and Animal cruelty

smuttymcbookface's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This was a difficult book to rate, because although I loved Celaena's plot, and I found the other plots interesting, I hated flicking between the three stories. Particularly when there was only one instance where two of the stories intertwined, albeit in such a minor way. This made me throw down the book multiple times when I just didn't want to read about the others at the moment.

Additionally, I felt the change in Rowan's character was ridiculously insincere. I couldn't reconcile that broody war hero with, for want of a better phrase, the eager-to-please puppy he was at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

grimmbleton's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Grief, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, War, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Bullying, Death, Murder, Torture, and Violence

katharina90's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

The series seems to be getting stronger book by book. 

In this one we get to witness some of the characters develop a bit more. Considering the length of the novel, not enough happens though.

I enjoyed getting to know Rowan but didn't care for the introduction of the witches and Manon's POV. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Torture and Animal cruelty

Minor: Slavery

laura_nel13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Animal cruelty, and Violence

Minor: Child death, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Genocide, Cursing, Domestic abuse, and War

nxpe'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Omg!!!! It's picking back up!!! 

Unfortunately, I can't give this book a full 5 stars because the first half is quite a bit boring. But the second half makes up for it tenfold. 

Spoiler

First and foremost, I love Rowan. He was really mean to her at the beginning but they made it up to each other pretty well. Also, page 315... in tears. And I absolutely loved his loyalty to her by the end of the book. Made me so happy and proud and giddy. 

I love how strong Aelin has become. The part about her nurse made had me in tears, no child should go through such horrors. She is such a powerful, wonderful FMC, and I can't wait to see how er character continues to grow throughout the series. 

And last, but not least, the Aedion/Dorian/Chaol section... Absolutely has me in an anxious wreck. They better survive or else I stg.

Cannot wait to start QoS! Getting through CoM for this was absolutely worth it!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Death, Blood, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, and Slavery

annah_jade's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

chassard's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

I really wish there were better trigger warnings listed for this book. As someone who is extremely animal sensitive there were multiple times I put this book down and didn’t want to pick it up again. Super tough to get through for me, and I don’t feel like all that much happened by the end. Least favorite story so far for sure, and I’m nervous to see what kind of content is in the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

emmacartlidge's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Genocide, and Grief

Minor: Slavery

aileron's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent, Grief, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Animal death, and Torture

Minor: War and Colonisation