Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Kosiarze by Neal Shusterman

17 reviews

_mxxny's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

amazing, started end of jan and im def starting my year off correctly. yanked me out of a terrible reading slump. experienced every emotion and made every one of my bus rides anywhere way more enjoyable, will be purchasing the next books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

Minor: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Torture

sierrabowers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ladycranstonkc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

cturn's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

Characters - 8
Atmosphere - 8
Writing - 6
Plot - 9
Intrigue - 7
Logic - 7 
Enjoyment - 8
CAWPILE score - 7.6

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse and Slavery

marc_le's review against another edition

dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Self harm, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Torture

cadybooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

cymbal_curtain's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Child abuse

boobilby's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Child abuse

adrienanthony's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Fascinating world building and believable character interaction 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Police brutality and Medical content

Minor: Genocide and Torture

frenchvanillapowdercreamer's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed the beginning of this book a lot! The characters were fascinating, as was the world building. The ending I think left something to be desired, but I am excited to read the rest of the series. Definitely worth a read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Eating disorder