Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao

14 reviews

isabelle8794's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Classism

Minor: Animal death

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Misogyny, Sexism, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Incest, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicide, Excrement, Vomit, Death of parent, and War

sundayfever's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

Dark fantasy, I didn't love the antihero plot. But the world building was good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Physical abuse, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Blood and Cannibalism

dexkit10's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, and Pregnancy

Minor: Ableism

themonii22's review against another edition

sad

4.0

Cried.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Child death and Miscarriage

katattack345's review against another edition

I could not get into the story. 
I usually love twists on fairy tales but this was not it. Nothing was captivating in it. Nothing hooked me in

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Blood

chapterswithrae's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Blood, and Cannibalism

booksthatburn's review against another edition

I know this is an anti-hero story, setting her up to be the villain of the sequel, but I detested the main character and just couldn't keep going. Her relationship with Wei feels built on nothing but having been near each other. They have no chemistry and it seems like they barely even talk. I like it when characters have good reasons to try and do a bad thing, but this seemed like she's determined to make terrible decisions in order to live up to what her abuser wants, knowing that Guma was abusive. I don't like any of it and I'm stopping.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism

Minor: Ableism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Excrement, Death of parent, and War

etherealskies's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Murder

almoore5's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Infertility, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail