Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon

6 reviews

nolalee's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, and Gun violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Trafficking, Vomit, Drug use, and Medical content

agentsofromanov's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Child death, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, and Slavery

Spoiler

The main character Paige experiences a lot of Anti- Irish sentiment

Spoiler

cleo_wylde's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Kidnapping, Police brutality, and Slavery

Moderate: Sexual content

swansandroses's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, Violence, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, and Confinement

Minor: Sexual violence

myhomextheroad's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Trafficking, Violence, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Medical content, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, and Death

Minor: Xenophobia, Drug use, and Drug abuse

francestea's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I can see how Shannon has matured as an author. I really enjoyed this book when it first came out but this story feels a bit more clunky on a reread.  The love story and Paige's misunderstood teen attitude are a little overdone. That being said- I still really enjoy this fast-paced adventure through London and Sheol 1. The variety of clairvoyants is so fun and I love the chart in the physical books. Whenever the next book in this series comes out I listen to all the books over again on audible - the narrator is excellent.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Physical abuse

Minor: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Kidnapping, Murder, and Physical abuse