Reviews tagging 'War'

Fireborne by Rosaria Munda

22 reviews

embee09's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Classism, War, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol and Vomit

star_charter152's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Bullying, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, War, Classism, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Child death

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, and Panic attacks/disorders

kal517's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: War, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

aprilhereee's review

adventurous inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

I loved this one!! I didn’t know what to expect because I hadn’t heard anyone talk about it, but this was a really interesting YA fantasy. It was really easy to catch onto the world, and the characters were just complex enough to make me love them! I really appreciated that this book didn’t sugarcoat the characters feelings and downplay their emotions over some really serious topics, but it also didn’t feel like it made them overly dramatic. There were some pretty messed up things that happened to these characters and the way they deal with it is honorable. I loved the little bits of romance as well, it wasn’t nearly enough to where I’d call this romantasy, but it just made me love the characters more.

I also really loved the dragons! I’ve been spoiled with books where dragons speak and are basically an entire other character, but the dragons in this book do not. With that being said, I absolutely loved their role and the relationships with their riders and the other people around them. The interactions written were really heart-warming, and I just loved all the little details about them. I’m really hoping to see more of the dragons and their actions & emotions in books 2 & 3!

I will also mention, there was a decent amount of fire injuries & burning mentioned. Nothing super graphic, but if someone has trauma with fire, I’d keep that in mind. It’s a book with dragons & there are sparring & matches that involve ash & fire.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, War, Bullying, Death, and Violence

library_of_dragons's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

I really liked this book. Although I feel like the world building at the beginning of the book could’ve been a little bit more complex but overall the themes and class issues in this book heavily remind me of the hunger games in the best way possible

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: War and Violence

Minor: Sexual content

nordiccowgirl's review against another edition

The concept was interesting initially, but I saw too many parallels with real world events that led to genocide in the early 1900s and the characters started punishing peasants in a way that was too uncomfortable to continue. There isn't much of a redemption arc that you could have put them on to make me feel like I want to continue the story after that.

I was also disappointed woth the way they treated the dragons as slightly more intelligent war horses that fly and breathe fire.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Animal death, Genocide, and Police brutality

clareehebert's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, and Child death

kate001's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Alcohol and Animal death

0rdinaryreader's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

I think this is the best book I’ve read this year. The characters are so well fleshed out, their struggles believable, the stakes believable and thorough. I am deeply impressed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

Moderate: War

Minor: Murder, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

nayomschwen's review

dark emotional 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War