Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi

130 reviews

edgarallanh2o's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

tamara_joy's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual content, Blood, and Medical content

mrsjoellebell's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child abuse and Toxic relationship

Minor: Child death, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

kirstinlwx's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

… that - this singular truth that I am not alone - expands the universe in a way that faith never has. 

I tried to read this a while ago and couldn’t get started with it. This time, I was loathe to put it down.
Filled with purple prose, fairy- and folktale references, and a beautifully fleshed-out cast of characters, this book was the most lush escape I could have asked for.

I got an inkling about the blue-tones plot reveal about halfway through, and only became more certain once we got to the last scenes in the Otherworld, but even with being able to see the destination, that path was delightfully twisty.

I debated bringing this down below 5 stars, just to recognize some questions/potential plot holes, and my feeling of wanting more with certain characters in this book… but I think those feelings are by design, and just make me want to start from the beginning again immediately. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, and Toxic friendship

guessgreenleaf's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, and Pedophilia

thoughtsontomes's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

A layered dark fairy tale of love and toxic friendship. Mysterious. Lyrical. Eerie. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Child death, Sexual assault, and Blood

paintedgiraffe's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

Wasn't expecting the purple prose -- good thing I love purple prose! -- but everything else is just what I expected. Death, freaky omens to do with animals, secret abuse. Everything was right on the money. A couple of parts did make me tear up.

BIG WARNING: All the relationships in this are toxic and are not to be envied/emulated.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Classism

anno333's review

hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship

Minor: Child abuse and Sexual harassment

thejessicat's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, and Violence

trapdorr's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

Writing was too flowery for my taste and the story was too winding and long winded at times. I found myself bored with the bridegroom perspective and wished it was just Azures storyline. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, and Sexual assault