Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson

35 reviews

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Death, Kidnapping, and Transphobia

Moderate: Grief, Sexual content, Sexism, Dysphoria, Cursing, Confinement, Racism, War, Alcohol, Abandonment, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Domestic abuse

zluke's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

A quick, enjoyable read, but a few things let it down for me. 

The transphobia was a bit heavy-handed and clumsy in places, as were some of the discussions of racism. While the message was good, it came across as overly preachy at times. I also think it's a shame that we never get to see from Theo's point of view and rather it's all told through the perspectives of the other witches. 

Theo, a trans girl, mainly being talked and gossiped about by cis people felt voyeuristic and off to me. It didn't give her much of her own agency.

Theo and Leonie are probably the most interesting characters and I would have liked more time getting to know them. Hopefully in the next book we will. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Transphobia

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Violence, Child abuse, and Kidnapping

Minor: Domestic abuse and Sexual violence

spreece's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

Fun read with a nice concept. On occasion the dialogue/writing felt clunky or off but it was infrequent enough to not rate too low. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia

Minor: Domestic abuse

amy_reading_23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

This was an emotional roller coaster! I didn't expect it to be so heavy. I enjoyed it. The chapters are split up by different characters perspectives. Niamh was definitely my favourite character and I enjoyed her chapters. Without adding spoilers, there was one character's chapters I found quite hard to read because of the hate in it. I loved Theo and wanted to protect them. Overall it was a compelling and important book and it definitely seems to be setting up for a sequel so I look forward to reading that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Violence, Physical abuse, Death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

northernzephyr'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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Minor: Domestic abuse

barbarella85's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Violence, and Misogyny

Minor: Racism and Domestic abuse

martinacost's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Transphobia

Moderate: Death

Minor: Grief, Toxic friendship, and Domestic abuse

imds's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Transphobia, Racism, War, Infidelity, Grief, Fatphobia, Car accident, Confinement, Violence, Murder, Outing, Kidnapping, Forced institutionalization, Death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Abortion, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

karney92's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Racism and Domestic abuse

abbiekat's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring 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

Essientially a book written as a giant FU to JK Rowling in the best possible way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Transphobia

Moderate: Sexual content and Toxic friendship

Minor: Domestic abuse