Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Mordew by Alex Pheby

6 reviews

margog2310's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

cricketfiend's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

While an epic fantasy, I found it very grim and macabre. The machinations of the world are kept very opaque and mysterious - even from the main character through whose perspective we observe in the third person. The final arc of the book progresses rapidly with a lot of emotional whiplash putting into question previously established trust.

By the way, don't read the description for the second book until you finish this one. It spoils the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexism, Death of parent, and Classism

freyagee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Gore, Infidelity, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

deebaxreads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexism

morganmcdub's review against another edition

dark funny 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual violence

ona06's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Death of parent