Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling

157 reviews

catarina_pego'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Confinement

Minor: Death of parent and Animal death

danie_faye's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring 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? Yes

3.5

This is a second read for me, and this time I focused on annotating instead of just reading the book. This definitely allowed me to enjoy the book a little more than I did originally. It is a great start to the series. Understanding this is a middle school/young adult book, it's a solid three and half stars. The mischief is a great comic relief.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying and Child abuse

immovabletype's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

I wish JKR weren't such a turd because this is just as magical and whimsical and warm as ever. she's really sullied her own legacy. that said I did knock the rating down a bit for the fatphobia, which just gets more egregious each time I reread this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Body shaming, Child abuse, Bullying, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, and Medical content

Animal death of a mythical creature. And listen, eating a vomit-flavored Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Bean was one of the most disgusting things that's ever happened to me so I'm counting it as a content warning!!!

cadybooks's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fatphobia, Bullying, Death of parent, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Body shaming

Minor: Alcohol, Body horror, Car accident, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Cursing, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Medical content

iammmartina_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Bullying, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Confinement, Violence, and Classism

Minor: Murder

moreau's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

stephen fry has such a lovely voice im gonna pretend he wrote this, the way he says icecream and malfoy😩 the centaurs are fucked up and i want a smeltings stick sooo bad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Death of parent

Moderate: Murder and Bullying

Minor: Classism and Antisemitism

melissalemos's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Bullying

Moderate: Death of parent and Fatphobia

itsjoenna's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Bullying

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, and Fatphobia

cassiereadsbooks_'s review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

briochebun's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

4 out of 5 ☆’s.

”Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.”

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I wanted to get into the fall spirit so I decided to pick this series up and I have no regrets! :) 

I watched these movies when I was a child - so getting to revisit this series and read about the happenings that I had forgotten about (or the things that didn’t make it onto the screen) has been interesting!

I’m excited to continue!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Fatphobia, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Car accident