Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Battle Drum by Saara El-Arifi

4 reviews

abnerbee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

fernanda_o's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, Rape, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

hailstorm3812's review against another edition

4.25

I think this was an interesting second installment in the series. The twists and turns had me on the edge of my seat. I audibly gasped at the end. The development of 3 of the POV characters was so good.

I hate to admit it, but especially Jond. Anoor on the otherhand is being manuevered to have interesting developments in the next book so made a lot of not good choices now.

Excited for the next book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Rape, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Suicide, and Abandonment

ofbooksandechos's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Medical content, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide, Slavery, Trafficking, Grief, Abortion, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, and Sexual content

additional content warnings: extreme climate phenomena, intergenerational trauma, mentions of human experimentation