Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse

32 reviews

jokehelldo's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

guessgreenleaf's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

ishtar_n's review against another edition

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

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Pedophilia and Rape

jackiepreston's review against another edition

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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, and War

emmagrace's review against another edition

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

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

Minor: Sexism, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry

alexalily's review against another edition

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

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

astrotoad's review against another edition

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, Gore, Blood, and Murder

readingsofaslinky's review against another edition

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, Misogyny, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Classism

ruthlessreads's review against another edition

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