Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Den femte årstiden by N.K. Jemisin

151 reviews

mald626's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Death, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Slavery, and Torture

ches2496's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

The good:
The world building was intricate and well thought-out, and the mysteries kept me reading and wanting to find out what happened. It’s also why I will continue the series!

The bad:
I wasn’t a huge fan of the second person used for certain perspectives, but I could work with it.

Trigger warnings explanation:
This book was pretty dark. Although the violence wasn’t graphically depicted, generally, there was a lot of violence against children. Which made sense for the plot, but was also difficult to read. There was quite a bit of sexual content, although usually not graphically described. Things like the breeding of humans made sense for the plot. It was referred to, but not described graphically. There was at least one moderately graphic scene involving a three-way. There were also two brief references made to sexual violence against children.

Conclusion:
Overall, it was an interesting, albeit dark fantasy with unique world-building and an intricate plot!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Classism, and Child death

Moderate: Xenophobia, Hate crime, Pregnancy, Violence, Racial slurs, Murder, War, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Grief

Minor: Toxic relationship, Cannibalism, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

buttercat42's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Child death, Grief, Sexual content, Murder, Violence, and Physical abuse

utopiaandmelancholy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

So, so tightly plotted, almost like a mystery. The world building is amazing, with its apocalyptic feel. I love the concepts introduced, and the ramifications are all very deeply considered and included. I wanted so badly to stop around page 370ish when everything was calm and happy for the characters, but the last section of the book was an absolute rollercoaster and incredibly compelling. I am starting the sequel immediately.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Physical abuse, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, War, and Torture

Minor: Cannibalism, Vomit, and Mental illness

ctara2123's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

This book punched me straight in the face.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Death, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Murder, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Bullying

Minor: Alcohol and Cannibalism

nilssjoberg's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

Moderate: Sexual content, Murder, Death, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy, Gore, Grief, Cannibalism, and Pedophilia

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sofipitch's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

Stayed up late to finish this so writing less than it deserves but fucking excellent. One thing that really stood out was how engaging the prose was, especially doing a similar bit that Harrow the Ninth does (well, did before). Every bit of this was so well put together, I don't feel like anything overpowers one another, the plot, characters, themes, etc stand in equal importance, which makes for a really engaging and rich read. Also not afraid to get dark

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Child abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Body horror, Death, and Grief

cherry_lake's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

Completely loved this book, so excited to read the next one. 

Things I loved about it:
- World building
- Character development 
- Queerness as an unremarkable aspect of the world
- Excellent pacing 
- Complete commitment to the geology theme 
- Such a good plot twist near the end 
- Loose writing style that easily enveloped very difficult themes and humor

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Physical abuse, Violence, Body horror, Child death, Torture, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Slavery, and Child abuse

Moderate: Bullying and Pregnancy

dae_as's review against another edition

Just nope. Too much nope.

Should have read the content warnings before I picked it up. It just has way too many things that aren't for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Child death, Classism, and Death

dragon_s_hoard's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Genocide, Blood, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Bullying, Hate crime, Grief, Murder, Violence, Stalking, Child death, Colonisation, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Slavery, and Abandonment

Moderate: Classism, Kidnapping, Animal death, Sexism, Transphobia, Alcohol, Body horror, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content