Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Eon et le douzième dragon by Alison Goodman

6 reviews

jvbook_reader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Drug abuse, and Sexism

Moderate: Child death, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Hate crime, Transphobia, and Alcohol

dreadspawn's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, and Slavery

Minor: Child death, Rape, and Transphobia

maralaene's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I’ve held on to a copy of this book for a very long time, and I think that is somewhat reflected in my view of it. 

I enjoyed the blend of Chinese/Japanese elements in the story, but the world building and spirit-magic just felt a little off to me. In addition, I’m normally not one to guess the twist or ending of a book, but this was so obvious that even I figured it out. And that just made me so infuriated with our MC because of how long it took her to even consider the possibility. That classic MC brooding alone over her failures and inabilities really just kind of lessened my interest in the story.

I would say I enjoyed the story overall, and I will read the second one. Just maybe not right away! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child death and Rape

nassuada's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring tense fast-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: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Outing, and War

Minor: Racism

comopanini's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Oof. I have a lot of things I want to talk about. Let me chew it over for a while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Rape, and War

obviousthings's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

I have complicated feelings about this book, especially about the trans representation. On the one hand, Lady Dela is an amazing character. On the other hand, the physical descriptions of her compare her to a man far too often. The book meant a lot to me as a young trans teen, though, and I have to commend it for having a relatively well-written trans woman (even as a side character) in a "girl pretends to be a boy for plot reasons" story - especially since it was written back in 2008. Overall, I'm glad I reread it, but I'm not sure if I would recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Slavery, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Fatphobia, Gore, and Self harm