Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

142 reviews

vickybuka'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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Abandonment, and Colonisation

alexijai98's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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

3.75

I enjoyed this read! A fun YA fantasy with interesting and diverse characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

Minor: Homophobia

salted07's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring slow-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

If I could rate this higher than five, I would. This book was a beautiful experience and I really recommend it. It explores themes such as gender and class differences. Tokuda wove a stunning story that everyone should read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Torture

drtx_bwt's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism, Torture, Violence, and Trafficking

Minor: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Xenophobia

deadly_kitten777'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? Yes

5.0

Absolutely beautiful and gut wrenching

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War

itscrispyy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring medium-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

4.0

Cogí este libro sin esperar nada y me atrapó desde el principio, aunque reconozco que el principio de la segunda parte lo sentí un poco lento y me hizo perder un poco el interés, llegando a parecerme algo aburrido. Pero una vez se pasa eso, vuelve a remontar y con creces porque me ido final 😱😱 desde luego que hubo muchas cosas que NO me vi venir. Además, algo que me parece súper original es el concepto de sirenas que ha creado 👌🏻

Como punto negativo diría que me hubiese gustado más que se desarrollasen más cosas de los distintos países conquistados por el imperio y sus respectivas culturas, ya que a lo largo de la novela se dan pinceladas sueltas pero no se llega a profundizar, lo que me dejaba a veces un poco perdida y con ganas de saber más para entender mejor el transfondo de los personajes.

Además de la trama del Imperio, me gusta que también se centre en el desarrollo de las protagonistas y que vaya incluyendo nuevos POVs en cada parte del libro (es un recurso que no había visto hasta ahora). 

Tiene algunas escenas un poco duras y graficas que la verdad no me esperaba porque es bastante juvenil, así que lo dejo avisado para que no os pase como a mí.

He visto que hay segunda parte y, aunque cambian las protagonistas, lo leeré próximamente porque tengo ganas de que seguir un poco más en este mundo (y ver si ahí se pueden conocer más cosas) 👀

En general, me parece una lectura muy entretenida y super fácil y rápida de leer que creo que merece mucho la pena que más gente la conozca 🤍

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Xenophobia, Trafficking, and War

senwithers's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Blood

Minor: Death and Homophobia

choicepotatoes_20240331's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

2.5

i almost stopped reading at 200 pages. i just wasn't particularly attached to any of the characters, and i wasn't particularly interested in finding out where the story went or how it ended.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism

e_riahh's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Minor: Blood

bucklace27's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexism, Torture, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism and Rape