Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis

15 reviews

dodie_sullivan's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual violence, and War

peach_pie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, and War

foreverinastory's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

 Still love this book with all my heart. Cannot wait to pick up The Second Rebel!

Rep: Bisexual mute female MC (unknown ethnicity), Japanese achillean nonbinary MC, Spanish-Italian demisexual male MC, sapphic mute female side character, Asian female side character with chronic pain, arm prosthetic and leg prosthetic, queer-normative world.

CWs: Blood, body horror, bullying, death, gun violence, injury/injury detail, medical content, medical trauma/nonconsensual experimentation, murder, violence, war. Moderate: abandonment, past mentions of child abuse, colonisation, deadnaming/misgendering, religious bigotry, sexual content, slavery/forced sex work, vomit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Sexual content, Slavery, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, and Colonisation

peachani's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Transphobia, Grief, and Abandonment

syfylauren's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

Such a fun read that took many twists and turns I was not expecting! We have two out of three main characters belonging to the alphabet mafia (LGBTQ+) and their explorations of love in its different forms felt fresh, comforting, and happily not trite. it was nice to see how the internal battle between love and duty worked to  help push the main characters outside of their comfort zones. And all while in space. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, and Medical trauma

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Trafficking