Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Children of Blood and Bone: Goldener Zorn by Tomi Adeyemi

18 reviews

asiamh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

professional_grandma's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.25

The writing in this book was so intriguing and the plot was fascinating! However, the one couple that was created as a enemies to lovers type thing was mostly annoying and I couldn’t see any chemistry between them. Despite that, this book had an amazing end and I can’t wait to read the next book in the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

bookwitch934's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Slavery, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

This book was really good, but super heavy.

wheatstalk's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

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

4.0

Really great adventure and detailed setting/environment that’s understandable and easily immersed in. I loved the African spirituality magic system and the depictions of the characters, their powers and the land around them. The language is so visual it makes sense the series is becoming a movie.

However, the character development felt like a speed run. No one was fleshed out as being more than their trauma and relationships felt surface level. There’s also a lot of repetitive lines and some visual descriptions, though poetic, did lose me a bit. I hope the second book focuses more on female friendship as I really enjoyed the near last chapter hair braiding scene. Also, the only respectable man in the book is ironically the pickpocketer, every other guy sounds clinically insane at times (cough, Inan, cough).

Still overall a great book and if you pick this up just get the second while you’re at it.

TW on genocide & violent oppression. Brief body mutilation/scarring near the end which felt most impactful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror

spacecadelliot's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

batwinggoth's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Stalking

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, and Police brutality

lj_parkinson's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

kayo32's review against another edition

adventurous sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, and Blood