Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

La quinta stagione by N.K. Jemisin

172 reviews

fluffernutterfriday's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

Just breath-taking. 

I really don't even know what to say. 

There aren't words. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, and Pregnancy

zasobel's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, and Grief

silversparkles50's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying and Suicide

Minor: Animal death and Cannibalism

hyithia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

• Took a while for me to get into, probably about 30% of the way into the book I started to grow more interested in two of the storylines (
  Syenite and Damaya
  ). This slow burn is why I am only giving this book 4 stars. Maybe this is personal preference, but I prefer it when books hook me instantly. 
• Enjoyed the writing style
• Captivating setting
• Unique point of view that took me a while to appreciate
• Very mysterious plot. There are lots of aspects to this first book in the series that are left as unknowns. This may be frustrating to some, but I found it fun to keep trying to figure out the ins and outs of this world and the magic system
• Speaking of the magic system, it is very unique and grows to be more and more complex as the book goes on.
• I loved the twist at the end when we found out that Essun, Damaya, and Syenite are all the same person. I started to piece it all together just before it was revealed, which was gratifying.
• This book is just as much a dystopia as it is fantasy
• Diverse characters
• Very dark

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Hate crime

Minor: Bullying, Genocide, and Cannibalism

sammymilfort's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

vitoxiii's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Physical abuse

Moderate: Racism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Transphobia

maryellen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

ninabest's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Murder, and Abandonment

mizz_mack's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Book Contains: On Page Sex (Not Graphic), Explicit References to Child Sexual Abuse, On Page Physical Abuse of  Child, Sexual Abuse/Corrosion, Internalized Prejudice (though I don't go into depth at all in this review tbh)

I had a real good time with this book, so much so that I'm still lowkey processing it. I've got so many thoughts and questions (so I may come back an edit this review, who knows).

One thing I really enjoyed was the writing style. It was simple and easy to follow, though certain concepts did take me a while to understand, but that doesn't mean it didn't have depth. It really helped pull me through the character's emotions and everything they were experiencing. It made all the terrible, terrible actions that happened hit harder in my opinion. I will say that the 2nd person parts of the but never really clicked with me, though the reveal made me appreciate them all the more.

Following the journey of Damaya, Syenite, and Essun was ultimately really fantastic. I enjoyed all the characters though some of them were simply there for set up for future books I feel, like Tonkee. But that didn't bother me since I'm excited for the other books in the series! If characters similar to Tonkee don't play a bigger role in the story then I'll think that was a misstep tbh.

As I stated I'm still processing some of the stuff from this book and I might re-read/listen to it to get an even better, more solid feel.

I listened to the audiobook on Spotify and the narrator was amazing the whole way through. I thought the way they handled the dialogue and all of the character voices was great, and really brought the text to life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Physical abuse

References to Child Sexual Abuse. I consider when 2 of the main characters

Syenite and Alabaster

go through as Sexual Abuse/Corrosion though others may not.

lillelow's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.75

Intriguing story with solid world-building, rich history, and well-developed cultures and social structures that bring the setting to life. The characters are well-fleshed out, realistic, and their relationships evolve naturally - although I can’t help but wondering how many bad things can realistically happen to a person. The depicts a cruel world with lots of death, trauma, and jarring imagery on many different levels. While I guessed some of the supposed big reveals early on, there was still plenty to decode, and I’m sure much will only make full sense when reading the second novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Hate crime, Slavery, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Classism