Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Secera by Dan Sociu, Neal Shusterman

15 reviews

ladycranstonkc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

cturn's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

4.0

Characters - 8
Atmosphere - 8
Writing - 6
Plot - 9
Intrigue - 7
Logic - 7 
Enjoyment - 8
CAWPILE score - 7.6

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse and Slavery

marc_le's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Self harm, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Torture

cadybooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

cymbal_curtain's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Child abuse

boobilby's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Child abuse

adrienanthony's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective 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

5.0

Fascinating world building and believable character interaction 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Police brutality and Medical content

Minor: Genocide and Torture

frenchvanillapowdercreamer's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed the beginning of this book a lot! The characters were fascinating, as was the world building. The ending I think left something to be desired, but I am excited to read the rest of the series. Definitely worth a read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Eating disorder

shainabriley's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

monniebiloney's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-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

5.0

Not only does this book have great world building, but the plot is also quite engaging! The mysteries that were picked up in the second half we're solved in a satisfyingly way and really made me enjoy reading this.


The story has 2 main characters, and the story switched POV after every chapter between them. 

The main boy character has my favorite main character personality type, and the story handled him well.

 while the female character actually has one of my least favorite character personalities, she is well written for her arcitype which made her grow on me. She is a classic 'spunky female lead who always wants to be #1 and has lots of pride,' but she meshes well with the world and with the other characters.

this book ends in a way that I didn't know that there were more books in the series, which makes me extremely excited for the next book, as only the ebst of writers can have the confidence to not end their books on cliff hangers and knows that if they wrote a good book, people will want to read more.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail