Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas

86 reviews

roseleebooks's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

This was an adventurous read and was a lot of fun while still feeling high stakes at times. It has great representation and I loved the setting.

I did feel that some of the characters were a bit one dimensional but that didn't take away too much from the story and how enjoyable I found the book.

The audiobook format was excellent with narration that added to the story. 

Looking forward to the next book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Xenophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

Minor: War and Injury/Injury detail

booknerdery's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Child abuse

Moderate: Blood and Violence

Minor: Child death and Death

tea_coffee_sam's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Dysphoria, Blood, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

honeycupreads's review

adventurous emotional funny fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

"You never said I could."

I loved this book so much. I love Teo dearly and wish nothing bad would ever happen to him, like he is my son. This book was amazing and there’s not a single thing I wish was different. 

I found myself tearing up multiple times in this book,

especially when Teo's wings changed in the first trial

, I had to take deep breaths to keep it together or I wouldn't have been able to see the pages to continue reading. I didn't want to put this book down I was hooked from the very beginning these characters are so amazing, even the ones I loved to hate. 

Aurelio...

The scene where he tells Teo about his relationship with Auristela and how she's the only person he can truly rely on and how his mom views him as a failure for something beyond his control my heart shattered.

Such an amazing character I cannot wait to see how he grows in the next book. 

I also think we should kill Lumbre with hammers.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Dysphoria, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death and Child death

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

4.5

Re-visited this because I got approved for the second book on NetGalley! And I wanted the story to be fresh in my head before I picked up the second book. I actually recommend this a lot at work because it's such a great read-a-like for those that like The Hunger Games and Percy Jackson. If you have kids or teens that love those series, definitely give them this book! 

The world-building in this book is fantastic, with a cast of characters you will definitely be rooting for by the end. Thomas also keeps you guessing with plot twists that will make you want to read the next book ASAP!

If you like mythology based, competition style fantasy, definitely check out this duology!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, and Child abuse

Minor: Child death and Death

elb22's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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? Yes

3.75

how come the gods were saying "we can't let children do this" in the last chapter when we just had 25 chapters of them almost murdering each other? 🤨🤔

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Transphobia

Minor: Child abuse

sundayfever's review

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Beautifully built fantasy world. At times it felt like the writing was more focused on the world building than the characters or plot. It made it feel cluttered. I enjoyed the story and the plot twist at the end.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Blood, Dysphoria, Classism, and Fire/Fire injury

pynklaady's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I love this book! Aiden Thomas' world building is stunning, and through his vivid descriptions I'm drawn into the world of the Dios'. I can't wait for the sequel 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: War and Violence

Minor: Death

oonawoodbury's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This was solid! I love the Mexican-inspired elements of the setting and the character relationships are compelling. It’s a formulaic at times and the tone is a bit all over the place, it is sometimes too comedic or lighthearted for a competition that ends in death. I will definitely read book 2 when it comes out

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Child death

Minor: Child abuse

fanboyriot's review

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.0

The world building to this was so interesting, I loved how it all came together and how the gods were there with the humans.  Think a young adult mash up of Percy Jackson and The Hunger Games—and make it queer.

It did take me a few chapters to fully get invested in this but once I did I ended up reading twenty-two chapters in one sitting. 

Obviously, I’m not a fan with how this ended but luckily I waited long enough to read this to know it ended on a major cliffhanger.  So it wasn’t quite as devastating.

Release Date: 06, September 2022

POV: Third Person

Rep: Trans (MC), LGBTQIA+ characters, BIPOC characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Dysphoria, Bullying, Blood, and Classism

Moderate: Grief, War, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Cursing, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, and Death

Minor: Transphobia, Child death, Animal death, Kidnapping, and Death of parent