Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta

4 reviews

laurafrances's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Slavery, Genocide, Grief, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Self harm, Torture, Murder, Pregnancy, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual violence

dasatain's review

adventurous challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

2.5

When the book was in the present with characters doing things it was pretty good but too much of it was thinking about the past or talking about the past or remembering the past and I found it dull and hard to follow.  Also TW for intense trauma and sexual assault.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Confinement, Sexual violence, and Slavery

eregriel's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Death, Sexism, Violence, War, Trafficking, Child death, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Sexism, Trafficking, Child death, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Child abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Torture, War, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death, and Xenophobia

sarasansh's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Violence