Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Sanctuary by V. V. James

3 reviews

aaliya87's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

kirstencholewa's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Infidelity

cinderrunner's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Unique play on hysteria and hatred. Its heavily influenced by our current world and the bigotry spawned by the Trump administration (author's note says so). Creating a tale where witches are a recognized but marginalized class and using a modern witch hunt lens is a fascinating way to explore these issues. I think its well done and makes the point without being overly heavy handed and still living in a world of engaging fantasy. It does feel very "white woman" take given the nature of the actual historic events inspiring the narrative which might be a negative for some readers. I can look past it cause it is so firmly rooted in a fantasty thriller world. I wanted way more pay off in retribution for the betrayers in the end though. 

PLEASE CHECK TRIGGER WARNINGS 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment