Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart

10 reviews

alexalily's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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: Terminal illness, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Death, Slavery, Xenophobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Trafficking, and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Stalking, Gaslighting, Torture, Child abuse, and Medical content

kaziaroo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

On the whole I loved this – the characters, the magic system, the mystery were all amazing (plus a queer-normative world!). I would have liked it if the setting was more fleshed out, maybe going more into the cultures of the different islands rather than them all feeling the same, but overall the story was immersive enough and the characters lovable enough to look past that. I loved Jovis and Mephi in particular, and I liked Lin too; there's always a difficulty in amnesiac characters as they have such a short background on which to build a personality and identity, but I think the author did an admirable job. 

Spoiler

I wanted to see more of Bayan, alas... :(

My only real criticism is that I felt the book would have been better without Ranami and Phalue's POV chapters. Their story had an interesting message and moral dilemma but it just didn't seem to fit and their chapters were quite dull to get through compared to the rest of the book. As a novella on their own, those chapters would have been fine, but I found myself skim-reading them to get back to Jovis, Lin and even Sand. Maybe more will come of Ranami and Phalue in the sequel, but I just couldn't get behind their relationship or find the point of their storyline or its impact of the overall plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Grief, Trafficking, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Violence, Death, Gaslighting, Body horror, and Medical content

Moderate: Physical abuse, Racism, Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

Minor: War

gayghostprince's review

adventurous mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Child death, Animal death, Death of parent, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: War, Blood, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Classism

Minor: Grief, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Trafficking

lucystolethesky's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Grief, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Violence, Classism, Confinement, Murder, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, and Trafficking

Minor: Violence, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Incest, and Grief

iamsammie27's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical trauma, and Gore

Moderate: Trafficking, Kidnapping, Violence, Gaslighting, and Body horror

Minor: Racism, Emotional abuse, Death, and Child death

ok7a's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death

Moderate: Body horror, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Trafficking

mothie_girlie's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Trafficking

Moderate: Blood and Body horror

Minor: Confinement

lavendera_'s review

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Gore, Torture, Murder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Slavery, Trafficking, Torture, Violence, Grief, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, and Kidnapping

bibookworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious 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

5.0

5/5 Stars! The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart is a powerhouse of a first book in a series. One thing I really I loved about the Bone Shard Daughter was the world building was so intricate and intriguing, you can see the effort Andrea Stewart put into creating this beautiful setting. Another thing I loved about this books were the characters were flawed and relatable which is something I love to see in my books. The Bone Shard Daughter has to be one of the best adult fantasy books I’ve ever read, it’s one of the books where once the plot picks up you forgot the world around you and are immediately sucked into the story. I really recommend this book for people who love fantasy, casual queer representation, and cute animal companions. I am eagerly awaiting the sequel! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Body horror and Trafficking

redthistle's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Trafficking

Minor: Confinement