Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Scythe by Neal Shusterman

64 reviews

princegene95's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Car accident, and Death of parent

e_l_k's review against another edition

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

4.75

It's been a while since I've had a chance to devour a good YA novel, and I honestly can't believe this is considered YA! Shusterman brilliantly balances the breakneck plot with the dual-perspective characters, giving ample time for development while still finding space to explore the philosophical questions at the core of this highly original story. I'd say my only complaint is with the last few chapters: some events that were building up happened so quickly that they almost felt anticlimactic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Blood, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

psyduck11's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

Me ha parecido una lectura bastante interesante con muchos temas de los que se pueden debatir, pero siento que han habido varios agujeros en el mundo del libro que ha hecho que se me descolgara un poco.
Se hace mucho incapié en que la sociedad del libro es una sociedad inmortal en la que se ha erradicado la muerte y por eso se formó la Guadaña, para mantener a raya el nivel de población. Primero, no creo que sea compatible el hecho de que exista la Guadaña (la muerte en este caso) y una sociedad inmortal porque entonces eso diría que la Guadaña no está haciendo el trabajo que debería de cribar a las personas necesarias para mantener la población estable. Y la segunda es justo lo último, para mantener la población estable se puede realizar simplemente manteniendo el mismo número de muertes que por nacimientos y ya no habría problema de sobrepoblación.
Puede que esté equivocado, pero eso es lo que pienso ahora y, además, soy consciente de que es el primer libro de una trilogía y, por tanto, puede que estas cosas se hablen más en profundidad o se resuelvan en los libros siguientes.
En general la historia ha estado bien y entretenida y (a excepción de algunas cositas de estructura de personajes que no están muy allá y algunos agujeros argumentativos que no se explican) no he visto demasiadas pegas.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

jazmckay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

purstiltski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Torture

bookiesncreme's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

oxian_d's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25

This book was too depressing for me, opening old wounds, reliving the past again and scarring old scars deeper than a knife could. At first it was mysterious but then it got too predictable and worse boring along the way. I yawned many times I could count. Although some topics do open for questions as life and death is at hand. None will truly know when one hasn't experienced real death. So again this is quite different but not my cup of tea.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, and Alcohol

tyyyler8's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Blood

Minor: Body horror, Child death, and Death of parent

ladycranstonkc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

callistag1's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting

Minor: Torture