Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Der Hexenzirkel Ihrer Majestät. Das begabte Kind by Juno Dawson

93 reviews

thisisris's review against another edition

2.75

This summary for this book sounded really good… and then it really missed the mark. 

The book is really slow paced and I often found myself getting bored. I listened to the audio book at 2x the speed just to try and speed things up.

The book included a lot of important social issues as plot points but it felt like they were crammed in there without any tact or thought. 

Overall I was pretty disappointed because this concept had a lot of potential to be fantastic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Child abuse, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal death and Abandonment

shannnne_reads_words's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Abortion, and Outing

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

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

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Domestic abuse

amberinpieces's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Racism, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Outing, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Dysphoria, and Classism

kathaarinaa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Torture, Transphobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic friendship, and War

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

Minor: Domestic abuse and Sexual violence

crookedspines's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Outing, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Racism, Self harm, and Abandonment

coffee_booked's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Transphobia

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Toxic friendship, and War

Minor: Child abuse, Abortion, and Fire/Fire injury

thereadingoutlaw's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Deadnaming, Transphobia, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, and War

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

5.0

hello first five star read for this book. nothing makes me love a book faster than a magical world that also deals with bs like racism (or in the case of this book racism AND transphobia). loved how it was dealt with, i really liked most of the characters and i absolutely did not see some of the plot twists, need the next books now

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Hate crime, Racism, Transphobia, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Colonisation