Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Pawn and The Puppet by Brandi Elise Szeker

8 reviews

moendchen's review

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.5

Please read the trigger warnings for this one!! Theres a heavy main theme that overshadows this whole book and it’s definitely not for everyone. Please be cautious. 

But omg I had such a good time! My only critique is, that sky truly never saves herself. Never. Even when she does, she uses the advice/the words that were given to her to protect/save herself.  Plus worldbuilding could be better tbh. Still would read it again! 

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gaymoonreader's review against another edition

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

0.25


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mlouise2974's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

3.75


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lilithreads's review

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dark emotional 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

4.0


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soniajoy98's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.5

horrifying graphic trauma porn do NOT read for your own mental health please

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ladyashhbooks's review

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dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.75


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stablebiscuit's review

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

2.25

Lots of typos throughout this book. The editor didn’t do a very good job, unfortunately, which was distracting.

The book itself was good, despite the tropes being overdone. Also- definite transphobia on the author’s part. A trans character rapes her son… can we stop the “crossdressing man that is a rapist” trope for trans women? It’s disgusting.

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jessica15's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

2.75

+ Enjoyed the story and the slow-burn romance overall. 

- Book was ruined by transphobic discussion and harmful narrative around transgender folk. Unnecessarily graphic content that did not need to be so detailed (major TWs for this book). Some typos. World build wasn't so clear.  MC could be frustrating and was difficult to connect with. 

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