Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse

32 reviews

tinysierra's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

“We are but fevered stars. Here for a little while, bright with promise, before we burn away.” pg 263

I enjoyed Fevered Star.

Does it suffer from second book syndrome? I don’t know. I mean, the first book slowly pulled the threads of the plot and characters together, and I feel like this book was the same way. There was a lot of focus on politics, of course. It felt like a second book, but at the same time it didn’t? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

earth's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

This second entry in the trilogy is more focused on the politics of the world, and setting up a big finale. The characters are still great, but the plot is driving this book more than the first one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Violence

rheagoveas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, Violence, and Blood

jaynovara's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Confinement, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and War

morgancvtherine's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Torture, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

rlgreen91's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

I guess after finishing Black Sun, Roanhorse said, you know what, let me run that back.  My goodness - another novel that I knew I would enjoy going in that wildly exceeded my expectations.  This was a jam-packed adventure full of intrigue and plotting, a reminder that history shapes familial and societal drama, and some nice fight scenes too.  It was also nice that a major plot point of the book and series ties in with our own upcoming celestial event, although I hope ours doesn't mimic the plot.  

I'm looking forward to what the final book will bring, especially since there's still so many plotlines to wrap up!  I already know I'll be in somebody's bookstore on the release date to purchase my copy.  I can't wait to dive into this rich world again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism and Injury/Injury detail

salemander's review against another edition

5.0

god i love a well made fantasy world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

yourbookishbff's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

As a second book in a trilogy, Fevered Star does a lot of the things that middle books do - a lot of traveling back and forth as characters have to get to new places and discover new backstory, small expansions in the magic system, moments that begin to deepen the world building and conflict, etc. It felt less intentional than the first book, but likely just because we are no longer counting down toward a specific event, and have to navigate the "after." I loved the symmetry of the starting and ending action on sun rock and our expanded understanding of the gods and god powers. 

There were a few POVs I wanted more of, but I ultimately understand why we had the characters we did in this installment and appreciate where we ended and where we will likely go from here.

Again, the full-cast audio production is excellent and I highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Some pretty gross eyeball moments!

ellyrium's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Body horror, Self harm, and Alcohol

anxietee9's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Alcohol