Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman

6 reviews

cameronmh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

This book ruined me emotionally. It really has it all, when it comes to trauma and damaged characters. Catholic guilt? Check. Alcoholism? Check. Abusive family? Check. Complicated past, where the main character thinks they ruined their own life and everything is their fault? Check. Definitely read the CWs if you have any content you’re sensitive to. This is definitely the last book I’m reading without checking the list… it’s very good, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexism, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Mental illness and Incest

There is a LOT of elder abuse, and it’s BAD abuse, and

Spoiler

one of the elderly people who suffers this abuse also is victim to a pretty horrific “accidental” death

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geekmom's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Rape

eulalie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

took me a second to warm up to this but oh man. that was so good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Rape, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Pregnancy, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Excrement, Ableism, Vomit, Miscarriage, Animal death, and Fire/Fire injury

balrogfemme's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring reflective 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

4.5

I went into this book expecting rebellious dragon adventures—and I did get those, but I also got a surprisingly in-depth, thoughtful, and realistic exploration of the process of healing from trauma, including the way it lives on in the body and spreads out to poison other things unless properly addressed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

elle_dee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Abortion, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Body shaming, Bullying, Classism, Colonisation, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

jmatsumura's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, and Misogyny