Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi

55 reviews

ellieb09's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Injury/injury detail, Hate crime, War, Racism, Grief, Child abuse, Death, Classism, Violence, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Murder, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Gaslighting, and Blood

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Child death

Minor: Trafficking, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Slavery

trayslays's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense fast-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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, Child death, War, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Genocide, Grief, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, Physical abuse, Blood, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Infidelity

overthinkereading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Injury/injury detail, Child abuse, Blood, Racism, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Torture, War, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Classism, and Child death

puggreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Murder, Child death, Death, Torture, Death of parent, Violence, Blood, Injury/injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Vomit and Sexual harassment

danaxbee's review

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I enjoyed reading this book, but I wanted a bit more from the characters and the plot. The audiobook was beautiful but I did have trouble distinguishing between some of the characters while listening because to my ear, the distinction was minimal. Despite that, the narrator was exceptional. Some plot points really were cringey but overall, I enjoyed the world the author created.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Injury/injury detail, Torture, Physical abuse, Murder, Violence, Death of parent, and Child death

robinks'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

The world-building was a bit slow in the beginning, but once our characters’ stories started intersecting, the book moved so quickly. Inan’s character was a bit confusing to me (though I think he is also just confused generally), but I loved watching Amari & Zélie’s growth and relationship development.
Also, the complexities of revolution against oppression were present in the characters’ struggles and conversations, which inspired me to consider these same complexities in reality. I want to know more about this world, and I want to know what happens next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Genocide, Kidnapping, Racism, Torture, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Grief, Slavery, and Stalking

Minor: Trafficking, Vomit, and Sexual content

desiderium_incarnate's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.75

"I won't let your ignorance silence my pain."

1. Please read the authors note, if you've read the story. 
2. This was fascinating, the story and it's characters took so many turns in their character development. It all made sense though. There was a lot of hurt and grief in a few days storyline. The characters also had noticeable trauma, and all handled it differently, which is very good writing, because I've also read books where that was completely disregarded. So all in all worth the read, I think it's better to read it not spread out over months though. 
3. Crooked Kingdom vibes at times. 

"Everyone else feels like being caught in the rain. You're the whole tsunami." 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Child death, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Confinement, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/injury detail, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, War, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Death

grets_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Genocide, and Death of parent

Moderate: Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Violence, Death, and Child death

Minor: Slavery, Trafficking, and Injury/injury detail

a_wilz's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Blood, Child death, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, and War

lunep's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Slavery, Blood, Grief, Genocide, Gore, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Police brutality, Torture, Confinement, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content and Alcohol

Another TW: Colorism