Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

4 reviews

elntastic's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

What a trip this book was…first and foremost: I didn’t love it as much as the first one but it’s still an amazing book nonetheless. Most annoying was def the interactions and the drama between Violet and Xaden…most if the time I didn’t even understand why she was mad or what her point was and it seemed as though she didn’t either. The whole „ask me“-thing annoyed me as hell! Like just tell her ?! Why make a „game“ out of it? I often also felt that the author made the reader miss out on a lot of their interactions and I felt like I missed out on much of the two of them together. This book was much more focused on Violet and her development as a character and a rider as well as her relationship with her friends, which I did like but I just wish there was also more Xaden in it. The fact that we only got one decent sex scene kinda disappointed me tbh but that’s just personal preference hahah. One thing I especially liked was Andarnas development and sassiness! I felt like she wasn’t as important in the first book but in this book she def was! And I love her so much! In conclusion I suppose we can all agree that the ending was heartbreaking and it def made me tear up but I don’t think all hope is lost. I‘m sure Violet will find some way as she always does. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Grief, Violence, Death, Blood, Kidnapping, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Drug use

potalian's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Torture, Sexual content, Medical content, Death, Injury/Injury detail, War, Murder, Confinement, Blood, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Grief, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

princessrory's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Blood, Animal death, Ableism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, War, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Colonisation, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Excrement, Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Gaslighting

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Violence, Gore, Medical content, War, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Body horror, Drug use, and Bullying

Minor: Suicide attempt, Excrement, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Self harm