Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Gideon la Neuvième by Tamsyn Muir

162 reviews

winged's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, Violence, Blood, and Cannibalism

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Infertility, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

book_snail's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Genuinely can't stress this more: go into this blind, and expect your experience of the book to be unique to what you might've heard online. It's really hard to describe what this story is actually about, so it's best to experience it firsthand and draw your own conclusions :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Gore, Slavery, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Minor: Grief

marysunburn's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.75

I HATED Harrowhark when I started, and I am so glad she managed to change my mind. 
The worldbuilding was heavy and at times confusing, but the dialogue was engaging and refined and the fight scenes were cinematic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Self harm, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

dani_365's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide, Slavery, and Death of parent

chloe5454's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, and Cannibalism

Minor: Infertility

luciferin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, War, and Classism

rattification's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

5.0

This is the first book that I have ever wanted to read again. Now that I’ve read it twice, I can say that I would read it again and again.

Spoilers on overall mood and general feelings of how the book fits into the series:

The first time I read this book, I found it exceedingly scary. Upon rereading, it is much less scary, and much more full of information that matters a lot when it comes to revelations in the books Harrow and Nona. Muir has built an incredible universe full of compelling, frustrating, and heartbreaking individuals.

See below for my original (and continuing) feelings:

I’M SCREAMING AND CRYING AND THROWING UP - this is to say, oh my god read it. It’s worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

maddierandolph's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Self harm, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Bullying, Mental illness, and Cannibalism

eleonorehilbig's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

ugh i don't know where to start with this review....
it's basically the hunger games in an agatha christie murder mystery but really badly executed....

things i liked: 

• gideon, our main character. she's snarky and to the point
• the sixth house (sience for the win) 
• the general magic system. 

things i didn't like: 

• the writing. (the author is using a lot of "grown-up words" which doesnt help you understand the book amy better. 
• the world building (if you can even call it that) we're in a house, on a planet, the house has doors and rooms. but mostly doors. also there are skeletons, and necromacers. and nine houses. why? who knows....
• the naming of the characters (everyone -even REALLY unimportant characters have like 3-5 different names and while
  they're being killed off
  you're just too busy trying to remember who that is to give a f*ck.
• and this might just be about the marketing - but i feel VERY iffy about how this book is promoted as "enemies to lovers" when it is absolutely a story about abuse. also wtf about the ending.
  not here for the romantasized abuse!

so basically it's a book about some characters in a house and one is a murderer. also there is necromancy and swords. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

katieanne4's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

holy crap, now that was a BOOK. so frquently i lose interest in the second half, because you're just running downhill towards the end you know is coming. the good guys win, love conquers all. with this book i had no clue what was going to happen next at any point. it wasn't like "shocking twist" it was just like a lot happening. no clue what was going to happen next right until the end. and, so much world building, so many characters to keep straight, but it didn't feel like "god this is a book with too many characters" it kind of felt like "wait who was that i want to remember them so i can figure out what is going on" like it was always right on the edge of too much. anyway. loved it. one of those books that makes me regret spending time with less perfect books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, and Emotional abuse