Reviews with content warning for Domestic abuse - Fireheart Tiger

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Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard

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roguemcmayhem's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.25

I only finished this because it was so short. I loved the setting and felt like this would have been better as a novel. The protagonist made unbelievably poor choices, all of the characters were disappointingly flat, and the plot just kind of ended because the author needed it to end. The romance ending was a bit creepy too. I would not recommend this book.

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thoughtsontomes's review against another edition

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hopeful 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

3.5

This feels like a prince of a larger novel but one that I would enjoy.

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clarabooksit's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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anna_hepworth's review against another edition

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emotional tense fast-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? No

4.0

Beautifully written, fabulous characterisation, detailed world building. Lots of things I love, but it is also tense epic fantasy politics, and really it doesn't matter the quality of anything, I just don't love the sub-genre. So, lots of great scenes, and the plot holds together fabulously, but there were moments where I wasn't sure I was going to finish the book in one sitting.

As well as the politics, there are darker aspects of a family relationship (our protagonist, Princess Thanh, has a difficult relationship with their mother, the Empress), manipulating 'romantic' relationships, and what is possibly best described as hostage negotiation.

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lyserature's review against another edition

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fast-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

3.25

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a2_rache11's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.5⭐
I wish the author would have gone into a bit more detail with Giang, but a beautiful story.

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froagbread's review against another edition

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fast-paced

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No

1.5

None of the characters were likeable or had any sense of growth, the plot was a jumbled mess at best with little background to the intesne political issues happening in the book. There wasn't enough detail and the story continously jumped from present to past in the middle of paragraphs. The story lacked cohesiveness. While I already typically dislike love-triangles, I absolutely despised the one happening in this story. There was also the very jarring scene of domestic abuse which was also poorly written. So much of the world was made up and based off of other things in real life but there was no explaination as to how these things changed between reality and fiction. Overall, both the story and characters were incredibly poorly written.

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