Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Seventh Bride by T. Kingfisher

5 reviews

otterforce's review

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense 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? No

4.5

Fantastic little story full of equal parts darkness and wonder. While T. Kingfisher is Ursula’s adult pen name, this would easily pass as YA in my opinion. It’s a bit dark and bleak and there’s definitely some horror-esque moments, but it never went too far. Loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

cardaisy's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

"I would follow this hedgehog into the mouth of hell." Same girl, same 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Violence, Stalking, and Murder

a_ab's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

2.5

This book was OK. It had some of Kingfisher's usual charm, but not enough to counteract all of the depressing dreariness of the situation. And since we have to suffer through this situation along with the heroine for about 95% of the book, I almost ended up DNFing the whole thing, even after going into it fully aware of the heavy topics this book would explore. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Torture

unavezmas's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

"There are many and will be many more who serve those who will be harming them.”

I was surprised how much I liked it. I rarely relate to YA books at all. And this one was definetely YA book with strong message about violence and abuse. It's much easier to accept that you deserve bad treatment then to accept that life is sometimes cruel for no reason. And it's NEVER victim's fault.

I love her writing. It's witty, it's delicate... Also have an interesting lore in 200-page book sounds like an achievment.

I definitely need to read more Kingfisher's books.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

larayn's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, and Kidnapping