Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Witches by Roald Dahl

6 reviews

buzzinfly's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Car accident, and Death of parent

kibbles15's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Minor: Child death, Violence, and Death of parent

mnhayes's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.0

I don’t know what people like about this book so much. It would have terrified my kids (7 & 10) if I had read it to them. The book starts out with the declaration that witches are very real, details all the terrible ways they try to kill kids

and ends with a detailed plan for killing all the witches.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Violence, Car accident, and Death of parent

haleyd's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious fast-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? No

3.5

The kids loved it and it was a little scary for them, which they found fun. It was different than what we've been reading, so they were entertained. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Genocide, Violence, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Stalking

The kids were very concerned about Grandmamma's "long, black cigar" she was always smoking. I hesitated to list it as addiction or drug use, but felt like it was definitely worth mentioning.

rini's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death