Reviews tagging 'Violence'

La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman

21 reviews

katie_345's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-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

2.25

I really enjoyed the characters and the storyline, however it was too dark for me I especially didn’t like the animal cruelty - it made me feel uncomfortable and a little bit sick reading it.  

P.s this book left some stuff unresolved as it’s a first of three, also this book doesn’t really talk about Dust or get into it in nearly as much detail as it does other topics ... the title could be misleading but we might find out more about dust in the follow up novel (not that I’ll read it for fear it will mentally scar me!😂 😳)


“This was all very difficult “- Malcolm   - I hear ya Malcolm, me too!

“Then there was the word Dust, with a capital D as if it wasn’t ordinary dust but something special.” - Malcolm 

“The weather office, so highly regarded by some of the drinkers at the trout and disdained by others, did what they always did and told their attendants exactly what they could have seen by looking at the sky.” 

“It’s a nice life being a baby!” - Malcolm 

“Nothing she had ever seen or heard  , had pleased her more then this crazy plunge down a waterfall in the total darkness” - Malcolm 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Gore, Murder, Hate crime, and Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Murder, and Physical abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Gore, Bullying, Cursing, Gun violence, Hate crime, Vomit, and Medical content

hematthews's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Stalking

Moderate: Death and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual harassment

erinwolf1997's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, and Confinement

Minor: Child abuse, Self harm, Gun violence, and Alcohol

opossumble's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious fast-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Violence, and Sexual violence

marie_is_reading's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, and Violence

martharosen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Death, Rape, Violence, Animal death, and Stalking

onegirlandtheworld's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

A re-read. 
 I have long loved the original trilogy so was excited for these new ones however the first time I read this one it didn't click in the same way. This time round I enjoyed it much more but it's not a love like I have for the originals. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Physical abuse, Death, and Adult/minor relationship

wolfthorn's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

 I have to say that it's not the most exciting book to start off with. It's really slow and nothing happens for about half of the book. It definitely got better once the flood appeared, there was more excitement after that point.  Just a shame that it took so long to get to it!  There were some parts towards the end that didn't make a lot of sense:

the island with the odd lady, and the garden

.  I'm not sure if they'd have made more sense if I'd read the full series.  I did like

the river god

though, that was nicely done.  

There's also some parts which I have found to be rather unsuitable for a children's/YA book. There's two mentions of paedophilia, two different characters have a known attraction to young children, one for girls and one for boys. The main character is an eleven year old boy and there's a discussion about using him as bait in order to blackmail the relevant character! There's also a vague sex scene, although it's more along the lines of 'these two characters are having sex' rather than anything graphic. That all makes for rather uncomfortable reading. However, the attempted rape was very disconcerting.  It's a kids book!  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Gun violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, and Violence

hanathemah's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Pedophilia

Minor: Animal death and Death

marahc's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Pedophilia, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Violence, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, and Police brutality