Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter

8 reviews

precy's review

adventurous inspiring fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

There is so much to say about this book, but the main thing is if you like epic action adventure books (and high fantasy): READ THIS BOOK! It takes fantasy readers out of Europe based mythology and bring us to African based mythology in a such immersive way! The books present us a complex society with a rigid caste system, a wonderful and so interesting magic system (each time the book explained how the magic of this world works, I was 100% there, and fascinated), there are a lot of character development, and what I loved is that the magic is there, but it’s only used when needed, what grounds the story in a more relatable world.

The things that for me were an “issue” was the action part. I got why it says is a mix of GOT and Gladiator. As I’m not much for battles, some time I was like “I don’t wanna read about fights anymore” but then something interesting happens! 

Let’s talk about the main character: be prepared for a love and hate relationship! The character has its reasons, but many times I was like “stop being stupid!” But I couldn’t stop cheering for him! 

The writing: FAST PASSED! Sometimes I had to remember to breathe while I was reading! Well constructed dialogues, necessary descriptions, but not too much to get bored, I got lost sometimes in the action parts, but nothing that was terrible for my reading experience.

I’ll for sure read book 2, I need to know what will happen …

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Rape

badbadwolf's review

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, War, and Violence

Moderate: Colonisation, Genocide, Child death, Gore, Child abuse, Bullying, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Rape, and Religious bigotry

zanderbrown's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, War, Grief, Murder, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Cursing, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Slavery, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts

blacksphinx's review

dark tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Death of parent, War, Violence, Xenophobia, and Colonisation

Moderate: Sexual content and Vomit

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape

nerdkitten's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Murder, Violence, War, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Genocide, Medical content, Vomit, Sexual content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Deportation, Torture, Excrement, and Misogyny

danielle_sips_tea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Murder, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Ableism

griffinthief's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Murder, Gore, Death, Death of parent, Colonisation, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Sexual content, and Xenophobia

madamepincers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Genocide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and Xenophobia