Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E. Harrow

4 reviews

vj_thompson's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

So much emotion was packed in the 30 pages. The writing is beautiful and lyrical. I felt like I was there standing next to the main character and her squire. The ending, wow wow wow. The ending gave me chills. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Suicide, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, War, Torture, Toxic relationship, Child death, Classism, Gore, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

bexbringsbooks's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

There are no saints. And love is a tragedy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Gore, Grief, Murder, Suicide, War, Xenophobia, Blood, Body horror, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Classism, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Violence

bladelikesbooks's review

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

‘The Six Deaths of the Saint’ is a fantasy short story about an orphan and how far she’ll go to be beloved. 

This was really fun. I loved the plot and the characters. Most of the time with short stories that I enjoy, I end it wanting more and a fully fleshed out version but I was perfectly satisfied with this. I also really loved the narration! It was proper voice acting rather than just reading the text and it was fantastically done. 

“unloved and unknown except by one another.”

TWs/CWs - Abuse; Amputation; Blood; Death; Drowning; Grief; Illness; Loneliness; Manipulation; Murder; Suicide; Violence; War

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Blood, War, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Violence

jams_reads's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Do yourself a favour and get into this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Physical abuse, and Child death