Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Dark Age by Pierce Brown

19 reviews

winston53's review against another edition

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

Holy shit. This was a tough read in the fact that sometimes I had to put the book down and process what had happened. The violence, brutality, and heartbreak in this book is not for the faint of heart. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Murder, Death, Grief, Body horror, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

mqabbadbest's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Child abuse, Murder, War, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Body horror, and Cannibalism

arkiwi88's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Torture, Violence, War, Death, Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Confinement, Slavery, and Rape

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Cursing, and Animal death

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

This book was BRUTAL. Not just because just about everything that could go wrong did. Not just because our heroes were backed into all corners. But because the author thought it would be cute to kill every third character 😭 I feel like I’ve lost so much of my heart. But I must see this series through because it couldn’t have all been for nothing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Grief, Drug use, War, Abandonment, Genocide, Blood, Gun violence, Hate crime, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Outing, Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Addiction

daylajane's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Graphic: Physical abuse, Child death, Murder, Pregnancy, Racism, Colonisation, Death, Gaslighting, War, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death of parent, Violence, Gore, and Torture

Minor: Rape

_thunderhead_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual violence, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Suicide, Violence, War, Child death, Classism, Gore, Death, and Incest

shlee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Torture, Child death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Slavery, Blood, Violence, War, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Colonisation, Confinement, and Gore

mirrorstorm_'s review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Just all the content warnings apply. Earns the title Dark Age. Solid book and well written but overall not a fun time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, War, Child death, Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, and Torture

Moderate: Incest, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual assault

Minor: Cannibalism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Chronic illness

walenchao's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

The darkest chapter yet of the red rising sequel trilogy - the Lysander chapters tend to drag a bit, and the non-stop existential brooding of Darrow can grind things to a halt. Ephraim’s story continues to be the most engaging of the sequel series, and Lyria get a lot of character growth that helps make what would otherwise be an annoying plucky “resistance” nu Star Wars character a much more interesting and fascinating experience.

Victra is easily a standout - something about her haughty, better-than-you tone just works, and she’s a far better POV character to have as a grown adult than she would have been in the previous books. 

The darkness is grim and the grimness is dark, but it looks like we’re seeing the end of the tunnel with this space opera of a story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Vomit, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Colonisation, Abandonment, Addiction, Torture, Suicide, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Confinement, Body horror, Infidelity, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Death, Cursing, Child death, and Bullying

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

kaseyzeller's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Drug use, Gore, Confinement, Murder, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Genocide, Gun violence, Incest, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Blood, Cancer, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Vomit, and War