Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

The Iron Flower by Laurie Forest

9 reviews

petra333's review

dark sad tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Deportation

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Minor: Vomit and Alcohol

kassidyreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Sexism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

kwthor's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Grief, and Colonisation

Minor: Rape and Blood

librarybookfamily's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: Addiction

melchncookies's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is a really great series. I only wish the phrase “Oh Holy One” wasn’t in every other paragraph. That’s my only thumbs down in the series so far. I question whether the almost sex scenes are actually YA appropriate, but I’m not a parent. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Colonisation, Classism, and Deportation

Moderate: Addiction and Confinement

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and War

mooish's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, and War

mypatronusisajedi's review

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

minbyrnes's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

I had a lot of fun reading/listening to this.

I was wondering if anyone of importance was going to die. I really don’t mind if main or important side characters don’t die in stories like this; I don’t care that it’s not realistic. The deaths were sad but the genocide hit me hard. That part was very difficult to read.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Genocide, and Slavery

siobhanisreading's review

dark emotional sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Genocide, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, and Colonisation