Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson

16 reviews

marlephant's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer

seapotatohowisitalrtaken's review against another edition

adventurous reflective 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Racism, Sexual content, and Excrement

mikaylaslibrary's review against another edition

3.75

I think I would've liked this more if I had read it before watching the show, but it was amazing nonetheless. 

The mixture of myth and modern was so well done, and I after watching the show it was very easy to picture evruthing that happened.   

Ritchie and Maggie are so cute, and I'm glad that their relationship developed in a more positive way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Blood, Dementia, Abandonment, and Alcohol

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

2.5

you know...i went into this book thinking i wouldnt like it as i HATE the only other book ive read by this author so i was pleasantly surprised to not hate it, but its not as if i liked it a bunch either :/
this book up until the last 7 or so chapters is just...a bunch of NOTHING happening aside from partying and drinking and drugs and horrible parenting and bad decisions on behalf of almost all the characters, and then its like everything starts happening simultaneously and none of it makes much sense at first because theres wasnt a gradual lead up of like...anything??? or, there was a lead up but it was so fukcing convoluted that it just ended up making things much more confusing. the hints that are dropped need hints to help understand them, i swear. the writing also isnt the best either. there are pockets of really good writing (i feel like the few snippets of poetry were really good, i would have liked more!!!) but for the most point its just kind of boring. and i guess its alright because this book is the first in a trilogy and it did sent things okay for more books, but just as the book is itself its definitely nothing special.
oh also i hated all the sexual scenes between the teens in this book. i dont wanna be reading about that!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Incest

atlas_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Blood, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abandonment

maregred's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Self harm, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Colonisation

Minor: Addiction, Homophobia, Incest, Racism, Stalking, and Pregnancy

planreadrepeat's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Gun violence, Mental illness, Blood, and Dementia

nat_montego's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

doomdodo's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Some may believe this is a young adult book but it is not! It deals with graphic adult content and the writing is challenging to follow.

samants's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

Darkly funny at times, confusing and anticlimactic at others. I felt that the "climax" was less interesting than the vignettes into Jared's life, though Jared's life is so depressing that you really feel bad for the kid. The magical realism elements kind of come out of nowhere and could have been better developed. I was rooting for Jared, and his strength as a character makes me want to read the sequel.

I don't normally put content warnings, but this book has a lot of very graphic content, so I'm including a bunch of content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail