Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

La mano scarlatta by Wesley Chu, Cassandra Clare

16 reviews

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, and Suicide

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, and Outing

green_amaryllis's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia and Fire/Fire injury

blueberry0531's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Confinement and Homophobia

Minor: Child abuse and Death of parent

bailey63's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I may be biased in rating this so high, but I do not take the matter of my comfort characters lightly, so sue me I guess. 

---

Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Homophobia, Suicide, and Blood

phily_g_123's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Xenophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

mariareviews's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious 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? N/A

4.0

To be honest, I’m a bit insecure about how I wish to rate this book. Did I like it? Yeah, it’s an easy book to read. Is it worth five stars? Nope. 

Although I did enjoy the journey, all the characters felt a bit boring. I understand that this is partially because the only Shadowhunters content I’ve received comes from the movie and the Netflix series (which is disappointing as hell, I know), but I must point out that the lack of character depth is -for a good part- the book’s fault.

NEVERTHELESS this book inspired me to read the other books in the Shadowhunter Universe which I think is great.

Pardon this half-assed review, I’m sleepy.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Child abuse and Homophobia