Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier

4 reviews

minniepauline's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, Rape, Physical abuse, Torture, Grief, Bullying, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Minor: Miscarriage

ashatroyal's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

This is a story! The way it was woven and unfolded was amazing. A mix of history, lore and fantasy. The author did not spare us of heartbreak, sorrow, pride or joy. This book gave me all the feels. I cried. I yelled out loud. Sorcha experienced so much at such a young age. Like she is such a strong FMC who you can’t help but root for. She was dealt such a hand and tasked with such a challenge to save her family. Her loyalty knew no bounds. Oonagh was so evil. Honestly, I cannot believe what Red did. I felt like he gave “Jenny” no choice. He put her in an awful position trying to protect her. I felt so bad for Simon and Fin. The Fair Folk are so cruel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual assault, War, Violence, Body shaming, and Emotional abuse

jennaem27's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Ohhh boy, where to begin? I found this whole book completely frustrating. Never mind the main character is SA’d and the response to that is basically “you’re not the first and won’t be the last, get over it” What?!?! And when Sorcha finally does complete her task her brothers are ungrateful assholes and are confusing protectiveness with arrogance. The only thing I liked about this book was was Sorcha and Red’s relationship. But everything else was horrible, couldn’t stand the amount of dicks in this book, and honestly I was so done that I couldn’t make myself read the last 10 pages. Very disappointing considering the good things that was said about this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Rape

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Animal cruelty, and Bullying

Minor: Pregnancy

deathmetalpainter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Confinement, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, War, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, and Death of parent