Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Night Ship by Jess Kidd

4 reviews

picaresquedreamer's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Death of parent, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Mental illness, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Sexual violence, Cannibalism, and Torture

hanyaya's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Child death, Murder, Animal death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Torture, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual violence

Minor: Drug use and Gun violence

jeanbpdx's review

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I loved this book. Despite the dark themes, there’s a lot of sweetness here and redemption for at least one character. Beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Child abuse, Bullying, and Child death

Moderate: Transphobia, Alcohol, and Homophobia

Minor: Sexual violence and Drug abuse

alexijai98's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

More than anything, The Night Ship is just okay. The concept is interesting, and executed fairly well. Kidd handles the subject matter with grace, and having children as the protagonists brings an interesting perspective to the book. Overall an okay read, but I can’t find myself fervently recommending this to anyone, or rereading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Murder, Violence, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, and Child death

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence