Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown

3 reviews

mbjem_'s review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This book was VERY slow to start, and for a while, I was considering a DNF. I got completely blocked around the 50% mark because I just did not find the characters likable at all. I can say that I'm at least mostly glad that I stuck out until the end, though. While I do still think the pacing was a little slow, and the exposition came across as a little forced at times, I did genuinely like this book after I finished it. 

The world building is interesting, unique, and compelling enough to be worth reading more about on its own. While I'm not totally endeared to the main characters yet, I did like several of the side characters quite a lot. Hopefully, the sequel will show some real growth for the main characters and make them more likable. At this point, I'm cautiously optimistic about the future and the next books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Hate crime, Mental illness, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Murder, Classism, Vomit, Slavery, Racial slurs, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, and Death of parent

annorabrady's review

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Karina's story and narration are both engaging and worth reading. Malik's, though, is hard to enjoy. I like the way that his struggles with anxiety are handled. But I struggle with connecting to his story enough to want to hear his POV. And his POV made the romance between him and Karina impossible to care about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Murder, Animal cruelty, Child death, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Racial slurs, and Mental illness

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Police brutality, Trafficking, and Slavery

abibliofile's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Racism, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Grief, Hate crime, Mental illness, Police brutality, Slavery, and Trafficking