Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune

7 reviews

sophie42's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit and Medical trauma

qteabeans's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

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

3.0

What a cute cotton candy read. Very queer and sweet while also exploring what it takes to be a hero. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Death of parent

maybelles's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

"Nicky no!"
Please read this book if you like teen fiction and the TJ Klune classic style of found family vibes.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

Not sure if lying to your adolescent child about the medication you are forcing them to take is ca, but it's definitely borderline.

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective 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

An absolute blast! This book is over the top and does it so well. I don’t read a lot of humorous books or superhero works, but this one popped right onto my favorites list. Nick’s gullibility and obliviousness is so extra but Klune pulls it off extremely well. I was constantly laughing and looking forward to the next antics. This book also represents ADHD and grief very well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

theoldestbennetsister's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Ableism, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Medical content, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

zoepagereader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad 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

I’ve passed on this book an uncountable number of times. It took a friend literally thrusting their copy into my arms and telling me to enjoy it for me to actually read it. I should have read it sooner. The entire time I thought I knew the twist and that it was ridiculously obvious but NOPE it was a different twist that was even better!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Drug use

alibader's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful lighthearted slow-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

2.0

I really, really wanted to enjoy this especially after reading The House in the Cerulean Sea. This book infuriated me almost all the way through.

What I enjoyed: (a short list)
1. Nick's cluelessness (until about the halfway point)
2. The romance (so cute!)
3. The overall premise (I wish I could say the same for the execution)
4. The ending.

What I did not enjoy:
1. The insensitivity towards police brutality and the character of Aaron Bell.
2. The camp - it took away from the story that could've been told and made it look like a bad parody.
3. The dialogue (teenagers do not talk like that)
4.

 The constant lying. It didn't make much sense when it was finally revealed and it took too long for Nick to find out the obvious that it really hindered my enjoyment. Also when he found out that Seth, Gibby and practically everyone he knows lied to him it's just.... his fault? And it's all okay?

5. The reveals (I'd like to think that these were intentionally obvious but that didn't make it any more fun - also it was super anti-climatic). The ending wrapped up way too quickly too. 
6. The "comedy". One of my biggest gripes with this book was that serious moments didn't make that much of an effect and instead served as "comedic relief" - it wasn't funny. 

This is my longest review yet but I truly did want to enjoy this queer superhero series but I was so disappointed. I may give the sequel a try in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence and Medical content

Minor: Homophobia