Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Song of Silver, Flame Like Night by Amélie Wen Zhao

3 reviews

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Alcohol

hellodebbies's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

PERFECTION

This was an incredible read, I enjoyed it so much. The characters were great and had backstory that was revelent to the plot. The whole demon god thing was well explained and developed. I was afraid that it will be hard to understand (especially with the whole clan history) but once you're in, it's very easy to understand. The chronology chapter is very important so do not skip it otherwise you'll have a hard time to understand. 
The romance was so great (zen and lan have my heart), I enjoyed the friendship created between the characters but also the father/son relationship between the grandmaster and zen and it evolved. 
 A lot of people said that it was slow paced but I don't think, it kept on edge to not sleep for two nights. It's not fast paced but definitely not slow paced. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Death of parent, Murder, and Colonisation

Minor: Torture

leedolee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

A great read! I found myself unable to put this book down as I wanted to keep on reading and find out what came next. The entire plot line, the characters, the lore, and the world were all entertaining, well fleshed-out, and exciting! I’m definitely going to be counting down the days until the next book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Medical content, and Cultural appropriation