Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

58 reviews

asiamh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

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

Moderate: Child death and Fire/Fire injury

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

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

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

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

So good. Just…so, so good. Honestly, I would have given five stars if I weren’t so sensitive about violence and bloodshed (and CW THERE IS A LOT OF THAT). 

Even so, the magic and tension and love (romantic and familial) and history of Orïsha is immersive. Before I even realized it, I found myself completely invested in the characters and their mission, and the cliffhanger ending makes it easy to jump right into book 2 of the series. The Author’s Note is the most powerful part of the book, though - do not skip. (Contains spoilers).

Highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

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

kymberly's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Racism, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Blood, and Classism

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

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

macmannwood's review against another edition

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

i think that daughters should get to kill their abusive fathers more often

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

pejahanako's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring sad 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

Such a stunning book, from cover to cover. With rich and immersive storytelling, the world immediately pulls you in and the stakes of the story rise instantly. There is such amazing commentary on power imbalances, familial abuse, discrimination, and found family- and this whole book feels very relatable to the human experience. The plot is fast-paced and very cleverly written, but I found that the ending lacked a little bit in terms of satisfaction... maybe a second book is in the works? However, I still recommend for any fantasy lover, it's a fairly light fantasy read with original concepts & emotional depth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, and Murder

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