Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett

5 reviews

jjjreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad 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? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, War, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Xenophobia, Confinement, Excrement, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Torture, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Slavery, Stalking, Suicide, Trafficking, Body horror, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Eating disorder, Genocide, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Misogyny, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Cursing, Drug use, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Alcohol, and Rape

iforgotilivedhere's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

I loved this book! It was so so good but I had problems near the end.

Spoiler

Near the end whenever Sancia and her crew are trying to get the imperiat and Clef back, we had a whole section of them just going over scientific and boring shit that could of been easily summarized in a paragraph or just a page.

 
That was really my only problem. I’m so exited to see how Sancia and Berenice’s relationship grows. I’m so exited for some good sapphic romance!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Torture, Blood, Body horror, and Slavery

Moderate: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Sexism

Minor: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Classism, Cursing, and Bullying

jurizprudence's review

adventurous dark funny 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

3.75

“Reality doesn’t matter. If you can change something’s mind enough, it’ll believe whatever reality you choose.”

so the merchant houses and their scrived tools' main thing is that they gaslight gatekeep girlboss their way into altering/manipulating objects and reality. that was interesting.

this book's biggest strengths lie on its magic system and world-building. if it were not for those two, i think i would've not continued reading, because i'm not the biggest fan of the characters (see, a character saying: "With his blood, the damned thing should open for her like a schoolgirl’s legs!" wth was that i seriously wanted to stop reading when i read that) and the writing style. also the middle took forever to read and i almost always found myself bored throughout the entire thing, which is weird, because i do love action and heists and this book has plenty of those—so maybe my problem is in the author's execution of plots and descriptions. i was also debating whether to pick up the next books or not because i really have complicated feelings about this one, but since i kinda liked the second to the last chapter and somehow i got attached to an actual key, i think i'll be continuing with this series. but not so soon, i guess. i might need a palate cleanser first.

i think if you liked six of crows, you might enjoy this, though that was not the case for me so i really don't know lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Slavery, Violence, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Gore, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Physical abuse

Minor: Body horror, Car accident, Confinement, Genocide, Sexism, Sexual content, and War

fromjuliereads's review

adventurous challenging dark funny 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

5.0

I FREAKING LOVED THIS BOOK. Wow. I am so surprised. I had no idea what to fully expect going into this book but did it DELIVER! Fantastic characters, great world building, epic heists, a unique and complex magic system, and I went through ALL of the emotions! I am not even kidding. I teared up multiple times, was on the edge of my seat with stress, smiled like an idiot, and laughed out loud. This is my kind of book through and through.
It starts out slower because there is so much that has to be set up in the initial chapters and first section of the book. But goodness, is it worth it for the vast wealth of story that you get farther in.

I stand by it that Clef is my favourite character. But I have such an immense appreciation fo Sancia, Gregor, Berenice, and even Orso! All of the characrers are developed so well, and they all have some kind of arc and growth throughout the story.
The heists are EPIC and the twists and turns? Goodness I was on the edge of my seat... figuratively. But this was so good. I am really looking forward to seeing where else this series goes! (If my heart can take it that is...)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

micheala's review against another edition

4.0

This was technically a reread for me. I originally read this back in December of 2018, and we'll I remembered the overarching story for the first 75% I did not remember anything about the climax and conclusion of this book. 

I still don't really understand how the magic system works, and for most of the book I didn't feel confident saying that the author understood it either - kinda like if technology was treated as a soft magic system. As someone who prefers hard magic systems, I'm hoping that things get more fleshed out in the next book. 

I think the characters are what really shine in this book (don't get me wrong, the plot is well done and yet what I remembered most from my original read was the characters). I loved some characters from their introduction, hated others, and had some grow on me (or free to hate others as the story progressed) and I can't wait to see what happens with certain relationships as the trilogy continues.

The final book come out at the end of the month and so I'm planning on picking up the sequel before then so I can read it as soon as I get my hands on it. 

CW: slavery, sexual abuse of minors (mentioned but not graphic), gory, violence, murder, discussions/depictions of treating poor people as disposable/sub-human 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Gore, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Misogyny, Trafficking, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse