Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun by Guillermo del Toro, Cornelia Funke

10 reviews

lillyskyemily's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Way more gruesome and tragic than I expected it to be. Very heavy topics, maybe not the ideal bedtime read. Still a beautifully written story with interesting themes explored in front of a sobering historical context.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal cruelty

uselesspirateraven's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

cice_zanella's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Blood, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

lumiereiii's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, and War

14silja's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Alcohol

xiggy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War

Minor: Drug use, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

bibliophilecats's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

Unnecessarily gruesome. Not YA.
Only good thing is the ending of Ofelia's story.
The mix of child's sort of innocent viewpoint with horror and gore did not work for me at all. No idea what the target audience/age demographic is supposed to be.
Cannot recommen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual harassment

readingduckling's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

I don't think, that I would have bought this book under normal circumstances, because I'm not big on horror/thriller story's. But I found this book, a bit beat up for one euro, and because I recognised the Author and liked the artwork, I decided to buy it anyway. And I am so glad, that I bought it, because the book was amazing. 
I know the book is connected to the movie pan's Labyrinth but I can't compare it to one another, because I can't watch horror movies. But the book is also amazing as a standalone. 
It's the story of a young girl in Spain douring the 2. World war. She and her extremely pregnant mother move in with her mother's new husband. Who is a very sadistic person, he isnt interested in his new wife, let alone her daughter, he is just interested in the baby she is growing. His child. 
The girl, Ofelia, is learning in the beginning of the book, that she is the princess of the underworld, who went missing many many years ago. 
Now she has to complete 3 challenges to come back. 
The book is incredibly well written. And filled with literary pictures, real pictures, emotions and so much more. I was a little bit sad about how much time I needed to read this book, would have preferred to just read it in one sitting it was certainly interesting enough to do that. But the book was also in parts triggering, so I needed breaks to process it. 
But I really loved this book and the messages especially the anti fashist one. It's so important to keep in mind how bad right wing politics are. 
The book is brilliantly written all characters who are ment to be likable are very likable and the villans in the story are not. 
It's definitely a book I will some day reread.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: War

ts_anne13's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape

winterteufel's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, and War