Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Sabriel by Garth Nix

22 reviews

avsdhpn's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Gore, Slavery, Death of parent, Murder, and War

samanthalh's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Minor: Slavery

naomi_k's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Slavery and Death of parent

limiwh's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Death of parent

Moderate: Slavery, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Animal death and Vomit

babudarabu's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Slavery, and Alcohol

shieldbearer's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

I really liked this one more than I expected. The worldbuilding is superb, and the magic system is extremely interesting. However, loses points for a few unnecessary lines and the weird Vibes that were in the last confrontation with Kerrigor

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Death- the entire book is centered around necromancy,

Sabriel dies at the beginning and end, her father dies, the officer from the start of the book, Touchstone describes the death of his Queen, many unnamed characters and slaves die,

, Violence- people are slashed and impaled, the army uses bayonets at one point, Child death-

Sabriel, at the beginning and end, though it doesn't take. Some of her classmates die. Unnamed children are implied to die as part of being used as bait.

Death of parent-

Sabriel's mother dies in childbirth, Sabriel's father dies at the end

Body Horror- some of the dead spirits have bodies or forms that are warped- mouths too wide, arms too long that drag, etc. Injury-

Sabriel gets bruised severely, stabbed through the stomach, Touchstone breaks a leg

Fire- a spirit in the form of flame appears a few times Confinement-

Touchstone is confined in a wooden figurehead

Slavery- a few scenes where the dead use living slaves or where humans force children to be their decoys when scavenging in the dead areas,

Mogget is enslaved by his collar

. Child abuse- aforementioned child slaves Sexual content- Sabriel admires a naked male and hears a couple having sex through the wall of her room Sexual assault- the

villain forces a kiss on Sabriel

Pregnancy- Sabriel's mother dies in childbirth at the start of the novel, Infidelity-

Touchstone is the bastard son of the Queen

Vomit- Sabriel feels she may vomit at one point Alcohol- characters consume beer Animal death- Sabriel feels an animal die, hunted by its natural predator Gun Violence-

the army combats the dead with guns

bearystarry's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, and Slavery

nonidude's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Animal death, Slavery, and Death of parent

skai's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Minor: Vomit

starry_ayed's review against another edition

0.25

I told myself I could forgive Sabriel for everything I hated in her,

if she simply freed Mogget at the end of the book. But the writing never required her to acknowledge that Mogget was right to hate her and her whole rotten family. Instead Sabriel's mind twisted the further the story went, bending to justify Mogget's enslavement. It reminded me of what became of Mrs Auld, after she was forbidden from teaching little Freddy Douglass to read. I wished like burning that Mogget could escape, that he could disappear, and become his own being again. I saw how Sabriel was impatient and irritated with Touchstone when he spoke submissively to her; how she loathed Mogget for speaking familiarly with her, or even being the slightest bit rude; how she had no reflexive gratitude to him; how she was even relieved by his apparent death. The ending brought me to tears. Mogget is put on par with rotten-hearted Kerrigor, who bled his own mother dead, who sought to poison the spring of magic for his own sake - their defeat is synchronised, Mogget's re-enslavement celebrated. For me this poisons the whole of this world, kills dead any interest I had in continuing this series. I can have no love in my heart for white slavers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery