Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

A Biblioteca dos Livros Mágicos by Emma Törzs

38 reviews

deez97's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Chronic illness and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Abandonment

nyree42's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

It doesn't happen too often, but every once in a while I find a book that's very difficult to put down. When it comes to Ink, Blood, Sister, Scribe, I had to pull an all-nighter while going through the most exciting chapters because I knew I couldn't sleep until a resolution was found.

I would call this fantasy-horror due to the many body-harm scenes with blood and mentions of horrific topics, but it's not scary or graphic in other ways. You just can't have an aversion to reading about blood and the way they write with it, which definitely made me uncomfortable, but I powered through since the story was so captivating overall.

(Kids, don't try this at home. It's a fantasy world in this novel, and making yourself bleed to write stuff is only going to hurt you and make you sick. You won't find "magic" that way in our actual reality. So no self-harm, please!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Self harm, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

ithilien11's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

relin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Really enjoyed the characters and the problems they solve! I'm so happy they find each other! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Self harm, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Physical abuse, Torture, and Alcohol

mckayla_fern's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

debonthebackstreet's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious relaxing sad tense fast-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

I loved this book. It’s so cleverly written, particularly the way that the author reveals things, but also through the characters. Nicholas was my favourite by far and I have fallen quite a lot in love with him. His power but also his vulnerability - it’s a semblance of power really. 
The plot was so clever. Everything seemed relevant and connected. There were unexpected connections, connections that I didn’t see coming. Though I must admit, I thought the cat might have been magical, only entering the house when the wards came down.

The descriptions are wonderful. 

The ending was sudden and left me really wanting to know what happens next. I would love there to be a second installment. I definitely plan to read more novels by this author.

I adored this book and I think I will carry Nicholas with me for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

natroze's review against another edition

dark emotional 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: Blood, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Self harm, Violence, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Body horror

emilywemily6's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-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

4.5

I really enjoyed this book, but it’s hard to say why it’s not a five star for me. It started really slow because we got to know all the characters, and while I enjoyed that, it felt like the plot on the back cover revealed the plot 50% in to the book so it took a while to learn new things about the plot. I loved all of these characters and the book/blood magic and found it all fascinating. I would love to read more about this magic world and these characters but the book tied things together nicely. The plot and plot devices felt a little YA I think even in this adult book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture, Kidnapping, Colonisation, and Classism

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.5

This was a lot more enjoyable than the title gives (random I know but the title turned me off for so long). I liked the premise of the world and the mystery of the parental figures. I figured out most things before the main characters did but it was still fun to read 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Classism

orangewitchling's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

It was an entertaining read, I liked the overall plot and the writing was fairly good. I wasn’t super invested in the characters, except Nicholas who found funny and confident in a self-deprecating way. The other characters weren’t bad, just not developed to their full potential. Specially Joanna and Collins, who were supporting characters disguising as contributing main characters. I appreciate I didn’t have to eye roll their “love story” because it was left in the start of an attraction and potential of more. This was a comfy thriller that I wouldn’t mind readings a follow up story, but it’s perfectly fine as a standalone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Classism