Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Powerless by Lauren Roberts

6 reviews

olyviatb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

This is probably one of the best books I’ve ever read. It was the perfect combination of the hunger games meets the cruel prince meets acotar but all in a way that was unique to itself. I loved the world building, the lovable characters, the magic, the banter (especially the banter). It all went together so well and created a truly incredible story. I cannot wait until Reckless is out! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Classism, Confinement, and Torture

Minor: Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Confinement, and Grief

hayleythegoose's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Torture, Child abuse, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Murder, Violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, and Misogyny

Minor: Drug use and Child death

mimo_'s review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

dis went crazy im ngl
its a little bit hunger games coded and i was a hunger games girly so this worked out well 
would go hard read physically but i CANT DO THAT
points for kai being bootleg sel

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic and Child abuse

vj_thompson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

Why did I put this book off so long? 

I bought this as soon as I found Lauren Roberts on TikTok but never read it. Powerless has made an appearance on monthly TBRs, but again I didn’t read it. I haven’t gotten into fantasy romances before because of the length. What finally made me want to read was Sara Carrolli ❤️

This book has tension, goooood banter, forbidden love (in a way), and deception. It was a great first fantasy romance. Very much reminded me of the trials from the Hunger Games but also a movie with a similar plot of someone born to kill the very thing he ends up growing closer to. I can’t remember the name of the movie for the life of me. Can’t wait for the remainder of the series. I have some theories! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Gore, Torture, Alcohol, Cursing, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

kendra_taylors_version's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Child abuse, Genocide, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, and Torture

Moderate: Alcohol and Cursing

itsmemiana's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

WOW. THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT.
AND THE ENDING-

I waited for this book for over a year, ever since I saw Lauren talking about it for the first time. my expectations were really high and this was even better than what I was expecting. I loved this so much. I NEED BOOK TWO RN.

this is now one of my favourite books of all time. I loved the writing style, the characters, the world building... everything.

Kai is DEFINITELY in my book boyfriends list. I just love him with all my heart. (this is actually the second Kai I fall in love with lmao). I want him to be real so badddd. my standards because of Kai 📈

I loved the relationships between the characters, they were so cute.

Kai and Paedyn are the absolute cutest and I'm really intrigued about what's going to happen in the next book after that ending 😩

the author said that this book is kind of a mix of Red Queen and The Hunger Games. I've never read Red Queen (but it is on my tbr) but I did read The Hunger Games and I can definitely see the similarities (in a good way and not a copy paste way) with that book.

I highly HIGHLY recommended this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Blood, Murder, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Violence, and Medical content

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Child abuse