Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Ash Princess by Laura Sebastian

16 reviews

mxkenn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

lookingfor's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Torture, Violence, and Death of parent

meghansarmiento97's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

auddiev_quinn2's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

This is one of the best books I have ever read 100% recommended 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Slavery, Suicide, Grief, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, Misogyny, and War

Minor: Violence, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

fossilreads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

It took me a while to get into the story, but it was still worth it for me. 

It's a bit of a tough read with all the violence towards children and minors, but I also understand how it added to the plot and is meant to show the horrors of war and how awful the kaiser and the invaders are.

I really enjoyed the twists and turns, they didn't feel too far fetched and were honestly believable. A lot of the things that surprised Theo were things I can believe everyone around her sheltering her from.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Genocide, Physical abuse, Slavery, Xenophobia, Murder, and War

saara_ilona_muu's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

hapalyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Rape

agustdefault's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.5

im definitely growing out of my ya era but i really loved this! i love the kind of morally ambiguous protagonist trope and this definitely came through with that. very explicit torture/death scenes and descriptions of wounds in case that triggers you!! i will be continuing on with the series im excited <3 ps the prologue and the epilogue were the best parts of the entire book like that little super impactful one paragraph page UGH i love it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Torture, Violence, and War

Minor: Rape

onefineelephant's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

9/10. This book was much better than I was expecting. There are not many times when I am genuinely surprised by a book, but there were two parts of the book when my jaw dropped. I also really love both of the love interests even though I am not usually a fan of love triangles. I am very much anticipating what could happen next in the other two books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol