Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Jewel by Amy Ewing

4 reviews

charlotteokraska's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

1.0

It’s like a combo of handmaids tale and the hunger games with really bad romance 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Classism, Miscarriage, Murder, Sexual content, Slavery, Rape, and Suicide

youarethelibrarian's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book definitely has Handmaid’s Tale vibes. Young women (children, really) are used as surrogates for the wealthy elite in the Jewel. Violet doesn’t have much personality, but I was kept intrigued by the pacing and the world and the plot. The Duchess is actually a really interesting character, because she doesn’t love the idea of the surrogates, but she uses them all the same for her own gains. The romance was rushed and has no depth, but I’m more interested in the other aspects of the plot, anyway.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Child death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

viviette's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Well…the ending to me was just too much of a shocker—

I already could guess Carnelian was going to find out about Ash and Violet but I really didn’t think she would snitch. I seriously thought she FELL for Ash and instead would just try to frame Violet of a crime to save Ash from execution. I…was very wrong…

The book is also quite slow in my opinion and it won’t “leave you on the edge of your seat” or anything, but at a certain point I was definitely wanting to read more. To summarize—read this—it’s a good book and, especially if you liked  The Selection, is a sort of classic YA Romance~DARK YA Romance. Dark…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Physical abuse, Eating disorder, and Infertility

Minor: Abandonment and Grief

Wild bloody miscarriage(s) and a strange surrogacy tradition is the WHOLE plot of this book!

The main characters best friend is being physically abused and tortured with parts of her brain (supposedly) being mixed around in order for her to be a mindless slave to the “royals”

I could go on a little more but just beware of the warnings I’ve listed!

zozo_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Slavery

Minor: Drug use, Sexual content, and Child death