Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

92 reviews

bookmark3brodi's review

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, and War

ratatouilllie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Body horror, Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Cursing, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death of parent, Murder, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Medical content, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Vomit, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

risaleel's review

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Chronic illness, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, and Terminal illness

Minor: Abandonment, Cursing, and War

alisonvh's review

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was so much fun and so well written! I had so much fun reading it and devoured it in a couple of weeks, but I was sad when it ended. I’m so glad there are two more books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Death, Violence, Child abuse, Suicide, Gore, Bullying, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

regalpotato's review

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

5.0

My favourite book. I've reread it (and listened to the audiobook) numerous times. The writing is easy to read but still fantastic prose. The characters are all deeply flawed but you can't help but adore them. There's a lot of queerness, and enemies to reluctant allies, to much deeper than lovers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Body horror, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: War and Suicide

bdingz's review against another edition

dark funny tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Child abuse and Suicide

Minor: Child death

brigitte_de_wet's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Gore

hayleyvem's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Murder, Child death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Suicide, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Medical content, and Death

Moderate: War

Minor: Infertility

adrienreads's review

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I loved this book! Biggest pro: A butch lesbian protagonist like I've never really seen before. Gideon my beloved my sweet my darling -

Cons that made me read it slowly: 
- The pacing for the first half was really slow, with a lot of info. I had a hard time immersing myself in the world, and was often confused. This seems intentional to a degree, and when that set in, it was easier to stick along for the ride. 
- The climax of the book also had weird pacing.

Spoiler

The final battle felt soooo shounen battle that takes 20 episodes 😔 It was cool but at what cost

 

Pros:
- Very very interesting world - once I got a grip on it I needed to keep reading to learn more. 
- Engaging, unique characters. Often unlikable, but yet also so fun. 
- The writing of the gore/gothic elements is written with so much physicality & love, I'm fully compelled by the way the series handles death 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, and Suicide

Moderate: Child death and Toxic relationship

readenpiper's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Violence, Body horror, Blood, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Self harm, Genocide, Cancer, Cannibalism, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

Minor: Ableism and Adult/minor relationship