Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Dreadnought by April Daniels

31 reviews

dancevera's review

adventurous lighthearted tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Transphobia

the_vegan_bookworm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Medical content, and Gore

Minor: Rape

peskilanim's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Violence

Moderate: Sexism and Gore

Minor: Racism

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Child abuse, Violence, Dysphoria, Gun violence, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, and Sexism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Murder, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Body horror, Bullying, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Death, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: War, Ableism, Cancer, Fatphobia, Drug use, Addiction, Vomit, Rape, Racism, and Death of parent

booknerdbetty's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Bullying, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Transphobia, Violence, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, and Fatphobia

zoepagereader's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.25

I am happy I didn’t bail like I was planning to. After about 80 pages of casual references to suicidal thoughts and a nonstop parade of dreams getting crushed I was about done. But I kept going and after about 100 pages, the book got a lot better. Though I have to say, having a villain’s plan be a almost carbon copy of an Agents of SHIELD season really took me out of it. Even though the book came out before that season, it was still disappointing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Violence, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, and Outing

Moderate: Body horror, Medical content, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

Minor: Grief

maidmarianlib's review

emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

Much needed representation and a cool context to approach the topics addressed. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Violence, Death, and Gun violence

karcitis's review

adventurous challenging 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Lesbophobia, Gun violence, Violence, Transphobia, Emotional abuse, and Death

Moderate: Murder, Medical content, Blood, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Sexual harassment, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Outing, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, Cursing, and Classism

Minor: Self harm, Rape, Bullying, Fatphobia, Body horror, Deadnaming, and Vomit

librarianeno's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Violence, Outing, Physical abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia

troacctid's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

Well-written and engaging, but also dark, gritty, and intense enough to be a difficult read at times. This is not a feel-good escapist fantasy—it's a story about an abused child trapped in a really bad situation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Transphobia

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Misogyny