Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Fireborne by Rosaria Munda

16 reviews

nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, War, Bullying, Grief, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Torture, Alcohol, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Violence

dragonish's review

adventurous challenging emotional reflective 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

5.0

This is the best YA I read in 2022 and a fantastic debut. Munda has created characters with honest (and sometimes conflicting) inner motivations in a world of difficult power structures and complex relationships. Despite being geared to a younger audience, the plot doesn’t pull punches. These characters experience consequences that feel real, and frequently question if they made the right choice, the magic in Munda’s writing is that I also question if the right choice was made. As a reader it can be easy to see the “right resolution” the character should follow, but in this book, all bets are off. There were characters I would hate one chapter but love then next, and characters my heart ached for, and the world is very richly built and described. The tension and driving action of this book is also very well paced, I was engaged the entire read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

carleighheckel's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual content and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

albernikolauras's review

adventurous challenging tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Fireborne is a series that is about two teenagers - Lee and Annie - from different classes who were given the opportunities to become dragon riders, sort of. Really, it is about the construction of an "equal society" based on the ability to take a test and what happens when that society is tested by war.

I found this series stress inducing in the best way. This was a reread and I was just as sucked into this story as the first time. Lee and Annie constantly had to weave their way through situations where there is no right answer and grappling with how those decisions affect others. It's a tough book to read and I am both excited and terrified of the sequel - hence why I haven't picked it up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Classism

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

moonlitreading_'s review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

“Together we’ll defy them, step by step through this fire, to the end.”

I will never be the same person I was before l read this. This book gave so much suspense (especially the last few chapters) that it got me hooked all throughout. I enjoyed the story a lot. I'm definitely a fan of the plot. The characters were so easy to get attached to, especially Annie my girl. The bond between dragons and their humans was heartwarming and heartbreaking at the same time. This is a story about friendship, love, and defying the odds.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Child death, and Classism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Animal death

Minor: Vomit

martamae77's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, War, Classism, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death and Vomit