Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

De hombres a monstruos by Patrick Ness

4 reviews

romance_slut89's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Physical abuse, and War

abigailhaagen's review against another edition

slow-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

2.0

This one wasn't great. The first book in the series was so good, and the next was ok, but this one was hard to finish. It was super slow, had little or no characterization, had bland writing, and didn't have a satisfying ending. The characters claimed to have morals but were just selfish brats. I didn't care for anyone, and the stakes, despite technically being high, didn't feel high at all. A lot of out-of-character choices were made too. It was a struggle, and I didn't enjoy reading it or the outcome of the trilogy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Torture, Racism, Misogyny, Body horror, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, War, Violence, Genocide, Grief, Sexism, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, and Police brutality

annieslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

 Hands down, best trilogy ending ever. I cried and I'm glad I did. "War makes monster of men and women." 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War

oliverlang's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence