Reviews tagging 'Violence'

All Our Hidden Gifts by Caroline O'Donoghue

45 reviews

sifairi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Homophobia

Moderate: Antisemitism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Hate crime, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Outing

lostcupofstars's review

2.0

This book had a lot of potential. I picked it up after a tough read thinking that this would be lighter…lol. It’s not a light read at all and quite frankly, it’s far too long. 

Maeve is totally unlikeable which makes it a drag following her perspective for 400 pages. Roe is a confusing character; I don’t get what kind of person would embark on a romance with someone who is  not only responsible for their sister being missing, but also put her through some horrible and relentless bullying after being a close family friend for years??

There were some errors I encountered (Maeve described as wearing leggings and then a page later is in jeans, accidental switch from first person to third) that supported the idea that this may have been rushed. 

Really I think this needed to be heavily edited. I’m not interested in anyone aside from Fiona, and she is sadly not enough to convince me to read the rest of the series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Suicide attempt, Violence, Suicide, Self harm, and Homophobia

tallandblonde's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Minor: Religious bigotry and Violence

const_elle_ations's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, and Hate crime

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Suicide, Death, and Child death

binreads's review against another edition

mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

3.0

i liked this! I will say, there’s a lot going on at once and it does get a bit jumbled and quite confusing at times.

like I’m still trying to understand the whole housekeeper thing and how it played into everything else..

this book seems like the perfect set up for the next one, so I think I’ll probably enjoy the second book more.

especially since they will already be witches, I think it’ll be more fun to learn more about these characters and their relationships

Protect Roe at all costs!!!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Hate crime, and Kidnapping

erins_bookshelf_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

3.5

This was a good book to read in October even though this month isn’t Octobering the way it should be. 
It was fun and a little spooky (but not really) and I’m excited to get to the next one :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Hate crime, and Homophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Blood and Death

vnbcs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Violence and Transphobia

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Domestic abuse

talle's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Violence, Bullying, Homophobia, and Outing

Minor: Blood

chris_crossed99's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Self harm, Transphobia, Violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Abandonment and Racism

skyllarduncan's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, and Religious bigotry