Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

23 reviews

thecatconstellation's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide

acreech's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This was simultaneously challenging for me to read (I don't handle violence very well) and also so compelling I couldn't stop reading it. I wanted to like the main character, but they kept making choices that I did not like.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs

Minor: Child abuse and Death of parent

aileron's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Excrement, Cannibalism, and Classism

bersblue's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and War

kers_tin'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gore, Torture, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Eating disorder and Dysphoria

jjjreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Abandonment, Dysphoria, War, and Classism

Moderate: Deadnaming, Physical abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

thoughtsontomes's review against another edition

dark 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

A genderqueer historical fantasy (but light on the fantasy elements) that focuses on the themes of fate and the web of peoples relationships with each other. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and War

Moderate: Bullying and Sexual content

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional tense

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

3.75

While I enjoyed the characters and the ways that the author explored gender expressions and identities in this book, the plot lost me several times. I'm learning it's hard for me to pay attention to narratives that revolve around war. I feel like I would have liked this more as a television show or movie. Some aspects were hard to visualize for me. Not sure if I'll read the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful tense slow-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Excrement, and Vomit

nebulasaurus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail