Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

Not Even Bones by Rebecca Schaeffer

32 reviews

fionamatilda's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Confinement, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence

Minor: Death of parent

codyemma's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Child abuse and Child death

ccryptid's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Pedophilia, Slavery, and Stalking

brandilovesbooks's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Be warned,  the ending is a cliffhanger.  

Nita dissects unnaturals.  She focuses on her task and not how the bodies got to her take.   When she is brought a live boy, she has a case of  Morals.  

After helping the boy escape,  Nita finds herself a prisoner.  She is about to have her body parts sold to the highest bidder. 

Nita learns that she is willing to cross many lines in the fight to get her freedom.   Exactly what separates a monster from a good person.

Not Even Bones is a fanatic read.   It is rather gory,  so not recommended for the squeemish.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

wynrii's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Wow. This is a YA book? This is very graphic. I might just have a sensitive stomach but this book has such detailed descriptions of body horror that I have ever read. It’s also really dehumanizing in the content. Just oh my gosh it was so vile. 

The plot was very intriguing from the get go, and kept my attention all the way throughout. The first half of the book is literally 5 stars out of 5. It was just perfect in terms of storytelling and graphic-ness.

Where I think it looses its full 5 star rating is a little way more than half. It starts to become a tad bit repetitive. At some points, I questioned and even was a tad annoyed at some of the actions both characters made. The book leads you into thinking it will continue to explore different settings, yet our main character kept going back and fourth when I wanted the story to develop. It almost felt like the author was stalling for time. Again, a lot of it felt like filler but it’s manageable to get through.

By climax of the book, it picks up again. I enjoyed the plot twists the book gave and it made a great set up to tease the sequel. Overall, I enjoyed this book a lot, the writing style was easy to connect too. Even though I felt like throwing up at some points, the plot is so captivating it’s hard to put it down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Abandonment

Minor: Suicide and Death of parent

lecta's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

i hadn't heard about this book before going into it but it was really good. I loved the characters and the world. It wasn't really disturbing to me but i have read other people's comments so i would suggest looking up the trigger warnings if you're interested. To be honest it's not really a speacial book like the writing and the world-building was pretty simple but it was fun to read and it kept me hooked, the story was interesting. Also that cliffhanger in the end, looking forward to the second book  :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Torture, Cannibalism, and Medical trauma

Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

r3ader's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Torture, Medical content, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child abuse, Stalking, Death of parent, and Abandonment

aeori's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

daphneereads's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Suicide and Death of parent

chamaeleontis's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

5.0

I’ve been reading the webtoon for a while. The book is absolutely amazing. I normally can’t get lost in books that I read on electronics. Not Even Bones is a rare exception and I’m excited to read the rest of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail