Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

All of Us Villains by C.L. Herman, Amanda Foody

16 reviews

hematthews's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Grief, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Alcohol

jadehusdanhicks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

I truly enjoyed the chaos of ilvernath in this book, the story being a perfect read for fans of the hunger games and battle royale but with a touch more magic. 

The high magic behind the tournament means unpredictability, and I truly didn’t expect

so many alliances to be formed within its borders

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Despite everything going on I felt Brooke brought a chance at hope, despite all the darkness of what was occurring beneath the blood veil. 

The unity of most of the champions at wanting to break the expectations of the cursed tournament was surprising. The deaths of those who didn’t want to consider the hope of change were unfortunate but I feel for the greater good of following generations in the hope the tournaments course is broken in the sequel.

I can’t wait to read the sequel as this book truly didn’t end how I expected it to, and I’m intrigued to see how plot points still missing pieces will finally be filled in the sequel. 

Overall I Would reccomend this as both a dystopian and a fantasy, as I think the nature of both genres nurture the other to be greater than ever. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Murder, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Child death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Abandonment, and Vomit

imcourtneymarie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.5

Hunger Games meets Lord of the Flies meets Harry Potter magic. 

The magic system is neat, the world building pretty good, and the characters engaging enough that you care about their story under the Blood Veil. 

Very villainous characters! 
I didn’t know this was a duology so beware that it ends abruptly on a cliffhanger. Another 100-200p and it could have been wrapped up in a single book. 🙄 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Murder, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Grief

evanreads's review

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Kidnapping, Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Child abuse, Gore, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Body horror, Cursing, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Vomit, Alcohol, and Eating disorder

laguerrelewis's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

This book is complicated, for me. It has aspects I really enjoy, specially one of the protagonists and her storyline. However, the quality is incredibly uneven, swinging from legitimately complex and interesting narrative to the most trope-filled generalized characterization and plot beats I’ve encountered (A character literally points out that there’s “only one bed” in a particularly groan-worthy romantic subplot). Characters that are interesting get strong-armed into changing their behavior and motivations whenever the plot demands, showing the hand of the author plainly. This book is fine for teen readers and fans of #booktok, but it left me wanting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Gore, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Violence

bzliz's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

A grim take on a grim subject. It’s hard to find the light in a book about children committing horrific acts for the sakes of their families. Slowly the group is starting to realize that there is something they could do about it but even the path to lifting the curse benefits a possible enemy. I am eager to read the sequel in hopes that all can still be righted though it feels all hope may be lost. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Child death, and Death

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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: Alcoholism, Blood, Abandonment, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Vomit, Child death, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Self harm, Alcohol, Death, Emotional abuse, and Grief

oliverreeds's review

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

like good but the end just wasnt compelling. i probabky wont read the rest of the series. i think i wanted it to be a stand alone

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Mental illness, and Violence

ging090803's review

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

4.0

Great book, great idea. Sort of magical hunger games. 
The atmosphere was gloomy and dark which I really liked. 
I also liked the fact that the world was similar but not at all at the same time. Magic is a part of the world but there is some technology such as cameras etc. 
Also, the type of magic was original. I’m used to the “born-with” magic and not the “spell and curse” type of magic. 
But then… it was slow. Everything happened at the end. I liked the characters but some seemed to be too stereotyped. One was the villain who didn’t want to be, one wanted to be a hero, one had to accept her fate against her will… All type of protagonist…
And, ofc, the dilemma that shouldn’t be a dilemma.

I mean, they could end the tournament yet some are capable of saying no to it even though everyone wants it to stop

 
I understand that there is some things to consider but not things more important then the fate of everyone. 
The end felt rush. It was so long to finally end the book with nothing.

the tournament is still on and there are champions who will try to stop the champions who want to stop the tournament… wtf?

She could have written less in the first book to try to really end well and not be force to do a second book etc. 
There is things I didn’t like but it is still a great book that I really appreciated. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Blood, Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Child death, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, and Emotional abuse