Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan

6 reviews

livruther's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

a great young adult found family adventure story that also is very informative! but some elements were too reminiscent of riordan’s other work

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

building_a_bookdom's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Violence, Vomit, Islamophobia, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

1_800_fuck_off's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and War

Minor: Bullying and Islamophobia

mcdermotte1639's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

Love. Love. Love. The found family is amazing. The sarcastic, witty humor is fabulous. The main characters pulled at my heartstrings and made me root for them from the first chapter. 
If I had one warning/critique, it would be that it does start off a little slow, but it makes sense, since Riordan is setting up a whole new world for us to play in. If you're feeling a little draggy in the bileginning, stick it out. I promise, it's soooo worth it!
Every series I read from Rick gets better and better!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

orchidlilly's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

areaderheart's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.25

This was a reread for me and I definitely enjoyed it a lot more the second time around. Mainly because I've finally read the Prose Eda and other Norse mythology related texts. So I had a lot of fun recognizing the different inspirations and aspects that Riordan picked for his retelling. Plus there was a lot I had forgotten since my first read through so it was very entertaining and wonderful to follow Magnus and his adventures. As well as rediscover this world again. Very happy to continue with my reread of this trilogy. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse