Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Varjo ja riipus by Leigh Bardugo

17 reviews

veganecurrywurst's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed this book. It was easy and never boring to read and was not a predictable romance novel. I liked most of the characters and you could tell that the author did her research. It's not going to be my favourite book and I am still debating on continuing this series, but I can't deny that it's a nice book. However I think I will read the crow series first before coming back to this on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, and Kidnapping

jstarshine16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Genocide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Sexism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

horizonous'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

It has its issues for sure (the fixation on beauty really annoyed me, for example), but I guess I haven't read enough in this genre to be too bothered about the generic YA fantasy tropes / plot, so I'm not even going to pretend I didn't enjoy this. This was fun? And I'm going to read the second book in the series and watch the adaptation!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, and Death of parent

◦ Death = Death of friend

oliviadeltufo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

It was an enjoyable read and I was left surprised at the fast pace in the beginning of it. However,the timing in this book turns out to be a bit odd. In reality this book moves quickly but there is awhile where you feel as if the character is stuck in the same routine forever. Only to find out it wasn't very long at all in the scheme of things. It had all of the fantasy world building you could want but I personally found it wasn't very attention grabbing. Overall it was a mediocre read but I will be finishing the series.

I found the Darling to be really disgusting and some of the things he did to Alina and their world unforgiveable. I don't see how anyone could wish them to be together. I highly doubt anything that will come up in the next books will redeem him for me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Grief

The Darkling kisses Alina without warning and she seems to remain conflicted about it the rest of the book. It is also later assumed he only did it to distract her from learning his schemes.

wasabi_poptart's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, Genocide, Xenophobia, Trafficking, and Death of parent

shannonmarie's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.5

I got through this book extremely fast and it kept my attention really well throughout. I love the world but the characters generally fell a little flat to me. I plan to read the rest of the trilogy. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: Child abuse and Eating disorder