Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Laws of the Skies by Grégoire Courtois

44 reviews

nallelyjael's review against another edition

dark tense 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

3.5

This book reminds me of Lord of the Flies. While I “enjoyed” reading it, I agree that the thoughts and actions of the children seemed way beyond their described age. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

m3l3fic3nt's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

anissawren's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Car accident, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Fatphobia, Infidelity, and Death of parent

nat2r's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

The writing in this book was fun to read, but aside from that...there's nothing really compelling me to recommend this to anyone 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

redtemptation's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Gore, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Excrement, and Car accident

meminger's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.25

i’m just gonna list out the causes of death under the spoiler tags because i think the spoiler tags don’t give quite enough of an indicator of what you should expect. brutal book. don’t read it at work like i did.

car crash into lake, bludgeoned by a rock, throat stabbed to death, hit by a truck, poisoned by berries, drowned, beaten to death, fell off a cliff, suffocated, graphically eaten alive by a wild boar, starved to death, and an unclear violent one. also a shit ton of corpse mutilation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

mandi_lea's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

aexileigh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

lizardgod's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse and Sexual assault

eb10's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail