Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan

5 reviews

building_a_bookdom's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child death

Moderate: Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Animal death, Child death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol, Cannibalism, Islamophobia, Vomit, Violence, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia

1_800_fuck_off's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence

Moderate: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Death, War, Death of parent, Murder, and Grief

Minor: Islamophobia and Bullying

mcdermotte1639's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

Love. Love. Love. The found family is amazing. The sarcastic, witty humor is fabulous. The main characters pulled at my heartstrings and made me root for them from the first chapter. 
If I had one warning/critique, it would be that it does start off a little slow, but it makes sense, since Riordan is setting up a whole new world for us to play in. If you're feeling a little draggy in the bileginning, stick it out. I promise, it's soooo worth it!
Every series I read from Rick gets better and better!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

orchidlilly's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Abandonment, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Blood

Minor: Alcohol, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Sexism, Alcoholism, Car accident, Bullying, Kidnapping, Racism, Animal death, and Islamophobia

areaderheart's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.25

This was a reread for me and I definitely enjoyed it a lot more the second time around. Mainly because I've finally read the Prose Eda and other Norse mythology related texts. So I had a lot of fun recognizing the different inspirations and aspects that Riordan picked for his retelling. Plus there was a lot I had forgotten since my first read through so it was very entertaining and wonderful to follow Magnus and his adventures. As well as rediscover this world again. Very happy to continue with my reread of this trilogy. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Ableism