Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Sundial by Catriona Ward

6 reviews

gs_wells's review against another edition

Turns out I'm not in the mood to read about

a girl abusing her younger sister

so decided to shelve it there. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, and Child abuse

bookish_af's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Medical content, and Pregnancy

reggiethebird's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

It's a thriller, alright. Vivid imagery throughout, and the plot twists and turns till the very last page. Plot twists can sometimes feel unearned, but I think here they were all reasonable, and nothing felt too out of place by the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Gun violence, Self harm, Vomit, and Trafficking

rachelwierick's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

cassilynn's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Blood

venusbloo's review against another edition

The ideas are muddled.  Most of what I read was just descriptions of varying degrees of domestic abuse/violence and child abuse/neglect.  There seemed to be some supernatural background elements, but it didn't get explained by nearly halfway through the book.  I peeked at the end, and that did not help explain anything at except it appeared the major conflict between the mother and daughter was resolved even if other conflicts in the story weren't.  Just a strange book that I didn't really vibe with.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence