Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

The Laws of the Skies by Grégoire Courtois

32 reviews

mandi_lea's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

siosiosio's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

1.5

I didn't really care for this book. I read a positive review that stated this was like a dark fairytale with the worst possible outcome, and I agree with that. I read a negative review that stated that 6 year old don't act like they do in this book, and I agree with that as well. 

It's very descriptive with its violence, and *mild spoiler* there is no good outcome. It was very bleak

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

aexileigh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

lizardgod's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse and Sexual assault

eb10's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

mikeroderique's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Abandonment

lmar1994's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

pierreadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Animal cruelty, Excrement, Vomit, and Alcohol

yourfavavery's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.5

So I wanted to read this because I heard it billed as Lord of the Flies but with six-year-olds. That's sort of what it is, but instead of factions with some bullies and some victims, it mostly has one psychopathic kid and a series of deadly misfortunes that can happen to scared kids when they're alone in the woods.

It has a moral of life being messy, not having a "happy ending" or a "moral" or "theme", that sometimes bad things just happen and there isn't always hope to be gleaned from a terrible situation.

Overall, it's a good novella - I breezed through it in one night - but don't look here for any warm and fuzzies.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Car accident, and Murder

justthatbookishbabe's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Murder