Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

3 reviews

caleb_makes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I lost interest in the appendices honestly, but otherwise this book was pretty engaging. Good enough to not want to put down but also not good enough to completely derail my life until I finished.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Colonisation

bearystarry's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

I love everything about the fellowship. If you’re not crying buckets of tears at the end of this book, you must be a very different sort of person to me. God… and such a beautiful, hopeful ending it is as well!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Slavery, and Stalking

Minor: Fatphobia and Sexism

judassilver's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Racial slurs

Minor: Animal death, Fatphobia, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail