Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

9 reviews

marissasa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

This magical middle grade story was such a whimsical read. I listened to the audiobook on and off while driving and thought it was really well done, the narrator doing different voices for each of the characters really reminded me of listening to my mom do the same thing when she read stories for me as a child. Something I really appreciated about the story was that it didn't shy away from dark themes and that it treated its young audience as mature enough to understand the stakes and complex emotions of the main characters. Although some of the plot points were predictable, the final outcome still felt earned and I enjoyed all the forms of growth and character development we got to see over the years of their lives. The whole time I listened to this book I was thinking that it would make for an excellent animated show or movie and I really hope it gets adapted some day! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Death, and Emotional abuse

bookwormcat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Abandonment, and Grief

Minor: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Blood, and Death

town_scar's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Death, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

skudiklier's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.75

This book was really sweet, and I loved the way it was written. It touches on some really important ideas and I'm glad I'll get to talk about it with others in my book club. I'd recommend this to fantasy fans, and people who want a complicated but mostly heartwarming story about love and found family. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Grief, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Abandonment, and Murder

Minor: Self harm, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

cookiecat73's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Gaslighting

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Terminal illness

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Pregnancy, and Animal cruelty

penofpossibilities's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gaslighting, Animal death, and Abandonment

Moderate: Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Minor: Genocide, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Ableism, and Death

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

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

3.5

The Girl Who Drank the Moon is a middle grade fantasy about a witch who rescues babies who are left for dead in a sacrificial ritual every year. One year, she accidentally feeds one of the babies moonlight and enmagicks her. She decides to keep the child as her own and protect her from her mistake. Of course, it's a little more involved than that, but I'm so bad at summarizing which is why I rarely do it, oops.

Anyway though, this book was surprisingly dark for a middle grade read, which I kind of loved. The writing is really great and the characters are loveable. Fyrian, the dragon, was such a delightful character and I love him with my whole heart. Additionally, I just thought that the whole story had a certain charm and whimsy about it that I haven't encountered in a long time. I think this book has a lot to say about the power of hope, family ties both biological and found, and coming of age. There were some parts that dragged for me and I don't think it needed to be as long as it is, but in general, I really enjoyed my time with it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Body horror, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, and Murder

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Grief

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Body horror, Mental illness, Confinement, and Ableism

Minor: Child death, Vomit, Death of parent, Animal death, and Sexism

saneism, incarceration

sdarwood's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Injury/Injury detail