Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

58 reviews

airyckah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was absolutely beautiful. The characters were so well written, and the plot sucks you right in. It's one of those books that has you squealing for joy, but crying 5 minutes later.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

alyssasaurus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

spookieboogie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Blood, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

cj13'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

Easily one of the most moving, well-written books I've ever read. The world of Orisha springs up around you as you read, and the characters come to life before your eyes. I cannot wait for the next book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Police brutality and Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual content

minty_3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Gore

Minor: War

jamie1498's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Rape

lucille_c's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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: Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

_persephone_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

It wasn't a mind breaking book, it followed a common fantasy plot of, girl with magical powers has to hunt down these magical objects to stop the evil king, but it was good. While the base of the plot was nothing original, the small details did set it apart. My only real complaints were that it fell within that toxic heterosexual relationship trope

Inan literally betrayed her, broke her heart, burnt down her village, and aided in the death of her father. Don't get me wrong, I love a bit of toxicity in relationships in fiction but some things are too far.

. And lets be honest, it would've been way better if Zélie and Amari got together instead, it still could've been enemies to lovers, just without all the added toxicity.

(The reason I gave the diversity level a 'It's complicated' was that despite how many people praise this book with it's diversity, it really wasn't. I loved that there wasn't a single white person, it was refreshing, when most other book have only white people. But its not diverse if everyone is the same race whether thats white or not. And I understand that maybe in the part of the world where the story took place there really was only black people, but like add in some diversity of sexuality or disabilities eta. Just my two cents)

    

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Torture, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault

Minor: Child death, Slavery, and Blood

mlphipps1991's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

mirireads's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-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? Yes

3.0

The rating of this book wasn't easy because there was a lot to like about it: the main plot, world building, magic system, most of the main characters and fast paced storytelling. Therefore, I'd have loved to rate it higher but there's a big but:
The main romantic subplot was not for me. I absolutely despised the pairing. I dreaded that it would be "a thing" from the hints that were given quite early on and for a significant chunk of the second half of the book the subplot seemed to be the main focus of the book. Everything else apparently lost its urgency for a bit and them being pretty obsessed with each other made me consider dnfing the book.

Inan was also a whole problem by himself. I got strong Zuko vibes from him but never felt that his character earned that  comparison. He's a weak and whiney person with no concept of taking responsibility for his own actions or those of the people under his command. Nothing is ever his fault and every hint of am independent thought is squished by his daddy issues.
Reading the 100ish pages about the valley with the divîners camp was infuriating.  

More often then not, Tzain seemed to be the only sane person in the whole story. He definitely deserves better!

All in all, if you can get behind the romantic subplot, you're in for a treat and will probably love this book. If you can't get behind the romantic subplot, you'll probably suffer through those parts as well or just give up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail