Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

De Negen Levens by Diana Wynne Jones

9 reviews

eclipseoforion's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

One of my favourite books from my childhood, and it's been perfect in getting me to enjoy reading something again. For the first time in a while I found myself wanting to read instead of playing a video game or watching youtube

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, and Fatphobia

Minor: Child abuse and Incest

inkshadows's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death of parent, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Racism and Toxic friendship

the_cheerful_necromancer's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

Ported over from my now-abandoned Goodreads:
Glorious fun! I was lucky enough to discover the Chrestomanci series right before I aged out of their target audience.
Wynne Jones' world pulls me in perfectly every time; every single setting feels wonderfully real and charming, if you'll excuse the pun. These are definitely comfort books for me and Charmed Life is no exception. It's a great little tale of strange new beginnings, surprisingly dark circumstances, and stepping out of someone else's shadow. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Child death, Incest, and Racism

Readers should note that this book, unfortunately, falls into the all-too-common trend of "fat people are usually mean or unpleasant." There are some 'plump' characters who are good or morally grey, but unfortunately it does play into this trope all the same. Otherwise, I've not rated any of the themes as "severe" as none of them are graphic, they are all age-appropriate. However, note that the main characters are orphans and the main character's sister is emotionally abusive. [child death]:

the main character has nine lives, and lost one in childbirth (being born) and another when his sister made him sick by magic.

The main characters' parents are mentioned to be cousins.

growintogardens's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Incest, Racial slurs, and Grief

eni_iilorak's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide attempt

andreastopit's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Child death, Racism, and Death of parent

eol's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Child abuse

novelyon's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Incest, Physical abuse, Racism, and Death of parent

vel16's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

The 5-star rating is largely because of nostalgia for me, personally, but this still holds up and is an excellent book. Dated in some ways, but progressive for when it was written, this is an oddly dark and enchantingly wonderful book that is a part of my favourite book series since childhood.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Body horror, Death, and Fatphobia

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Violence, and Blood

This book is suitable for children but there are some problematic elements related to casual weight- and body-shaming