Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu, Vol. 1 by Meng Xi Shi

5 reviews

sirenricobooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Physical abuse, Violence, Sexual harassment, and War

drsinoire's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny informative mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Ableism and Sexual harassment

rafacolog's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, and Violence

fred___'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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: Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Gore and Blood

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, and Cannibalism

unforth's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I simultaneously enjoyed this book more and less than I expected to. Early on, the first few chapters, I was a little worried about how much manipulation would be involved in the relationship between Shen Qiao and Yan Wushi. Those fears were quickly proved unfounded (so quickly that I'm not even going to spoiler tag it). However, when all was said and done, I didn't feel like Meng Xi Shi *quite* managed to complete the "enemies to lovers" bridge. While there's an author's note about why things are handled as they are, I didn't really find it satisfying, and I'll admit I'm already pondering writing a "fix it" that bridges what I perceived to be the gap. That said, I still enjoyed the book, and I thought the political aspects of the plot were handled interestingly, though again, I could have wished there was a little more detail so that it'd feel a bit more "complete." 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Minor: Sexual violence

There's some dubious consent kissing between the main two characters, before they're in a relationship.