Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Child Thief by Brom

20 reviews

captain_cupkirk's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Torture

floressius's review against another edition

It was boring and flat, the characters weren't interesting, and the dark stuff veered towards being edgy rather than impactful/actually meaningful. The dialogue was also cringe-worthy and poor, the story meandred too much, and Peter's entire backstory was ridiculous. 

I wanted to enjoy this, so it was pretty disappointing for it to be this bad. DNF as I didn't want to waste anymore time on it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

Moderate: Rape and Abandonment

kyrajg's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Child death, Death, Torture, Murder, and War

applesodaperson's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Wow!!! Brom is truly a master and an artist. The writing of this book was perfection, and made me imagine the world so vividly. I also love how not a single character was completely good or bad. It had me questioning who to believe or root for constantly. And even though this is based on a well known fairy tale, it still felt completely new and original. 
Absolutely loved it and I want to read everything else Brom has written. 
Read from the BYU library.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Violence, and Murder

dreamofbookspines's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

3.0

Didn't enjoy the amount of graphic violence. There was also something that just...didn't work for me throughout the whole book. I can't put my finger on what it is. Maybe the erasure of Wendy and Tink? It wasn't bad as far as reimaginings go, it just wasn't for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Sexual assault

melodykmtx's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, and Murder

venti's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

epic af

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Bullying, Fatphobia, Genocide, Police brutality, and Fire/Fire injury

really had to go down the list for these warnings LOL not sure if i missed any but you get the gist

vemilla's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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: Child death, Gore, and Blood

rat_king6767's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, and Blood

Moderate: Cursing

alysae's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

Although the beginning of the book is a little slow, you still get invested in the story, wondering how this retelling will go. It certainly picks up the pace and is action-packed halfway through.

This fairytale retelling is really dark. This is gore galore, so if that's your kind of book, I definitely recommend this. Now, I'm not a fan of gore, and I felt like, at least for me, some of the over-the-top violence (heads rolling, guts dropping, you get the gist) was a little unnecessary, but it does add its charm to the book.

I liked this book a lot. I liked how it pictured Neverland, how eery it felt. I liked Peter's portrayal as well. Not gonna lie, when I watched the movies as a child, although I did like him, he always felt off. As I grew up and thought about it, I could feel there was definitely darkness somewhere. And then I found out about the original, and was obsessed with thinking about how, pardon my french, fucked the story was. The Child Thief definitely captured the vibe I felt from the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Rape