Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Time of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski

12 reviews

luigimamizer's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Blood

yenskier_enthusiast's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

My poor poor Ciri :( I feel so bad for her, the horrible things she goes through and the way her pure innocents is lost makes my heart hurt :( 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Torture

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Self harm

thenoboshow's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

mcmeiss's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

Minor: Slavery, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

jaedia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexism, Abandonment, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Genocide, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

opinkb's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

halfacenturyreader's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Sexual assault

Minor: Domestic abuse and Rape

the_midwest_library's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

This is hard to write a review for, on the one hand the book itself compared to the others in the world has been the weakest for me. There is significant political intrigue in this book but at times felt dense and dry. However the world continues to grow and the main characters are absolutely wonderful. If I wanted just on this 3 stars. 

However the ending of the book is disappointing in terms of writing that includes child SA that not only seems so unnecessary to the story/plot/characters but also seems to have very little impact on the aforementioned elements after the fact. It seemed to be included for shock value alone and frankly wasn't even well written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault

camoo3032's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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? Yes

4.25

The author is a genius at choosing which perspective to write from. It's this creative storytelling that makes it so interesting to read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

stephen_welch93's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.75

The writing style is interesting. A lot of the action happens on the periphery of the narrative. That makes the world feel very alive. A lot happens away from the main characters. But that also makes it very complicated and difficult to keep track of what’s happening. The cast of characters is also very large, so keeping everyone straight can be tough. The plot is interesting and the characters are cool. I definitely want to know what happens next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Suicide, Blood, Murder, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Rape, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, Trafficking, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation