Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Fireborne by Rosaria Munda

10 reviews

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

royalwaves's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I wasn’t that invested for over half of the book but the last section sold me. And I’m looking forward to continuing with the trilogy.

This is yet another book that has gotten me to tear up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child death, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Murder

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

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

aseel_reads's review

adventurous challenging dark reflective 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

4.5

This book gives me such Russian Revolution with dragon vibes, but maybe that's just me. I can also understand how this is a better version of Fourth Wing. The bigger focus on actual dragon riding/fighting was really cool to see, the actual impact of the war and the horrors they have to commit was deeply gripping, and the struggle of our two main characters and whether they can accept and move on after what their families have experienced? Captivating. Definitely had some "hands to mouth" moments which is always fun and very excited to start the second book immediately. Will say that the beginning is a little hard to get through, but you'll be hooked after 15%. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Bullying, Blood, War, Vomit, Medical content, Violence, Sexism, Police brutality, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Grief, Death of parent, Death, and Child death

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

snowkestrel's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism and Genocide

Minor: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, War, Sexual content, Animal death, and Blood

katymat18's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

At the end in the author’s note Munda attributes the inspiration of this book to draw from Virgil’s Aeneid and Plato’s Republic. But I have to say the whole time I was reading I saw the Dragonlord’s as the Romanov’s, the last imperial family of Russia before the Russian Revolution, and Lee to me felt like the “lost” princess Anastasia if she survived her families massacre. Which, while keeping that in mind, made this story so incredibly intriguing to me. The politics, the ties that bind whether it be blood or a found family (think blood vs water, nature vs nurture), and the dragons! I mean who doesn’t love dragons! Fireborne is an incredible story - just what a ride - honestly I couldn’t put it down. 

All in all, if you are looking for a new fantasy read that has complicated familial ties, and makes you really think which is the better side - or in my case just be as utterly torn as the characters in the story then this is the book for you! I can’t wait to dive into the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Vomit

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