Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

54 reviews

nejmia_remis's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Classism, Gore, War, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Torture, and Murder

shejustwantstodance's review

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Rape

thecatconstellation's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

I honestly really enjoyed this. I listened to the audiobook (which is amazingly narrated) and I honestly at times found myself grinning or blushing. The world building is good, it happens over time so it never feels like there’s an “info dump” really. Unraveling the mysteries is somewhat easy, but still entertaining. And the connections between the characters is really engaging.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Murder, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Cursing

Moderate: Confinement, Body shaming, Genocide, and Child abuse

Minor: Stalking

marisa_n's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Child death, Child abuse, and Genocide

Minor: Infidelity, Toxic friendship, and War

gimmiiie's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

1.0

It was okay probably 3.0 rating but I got to the last 100 pages and the book lost me that I almost didn't finish. 

***edit: The more I think about this book. The more I hate it.

What is consent my dear reader? The main LI doesn't know. I hate that character more and more. Acts like he knows what's best for the MC. I also don't like the MC.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Torture, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

marijallamas's review against another edition

challenging dark funny 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

Comentarios generales: me encantó, creo que podría volverse de mis sagas favoritas, no sentí que fuera nada obvio el main plot, las escenas de pelea no eran confusas y el desarrollo de los personajes es increíble. Yo ya sabía varios plot twists por tiktok y aún así terminé sorprendida jajaja que Chido escribe la autora. De verdad que Casteel le anda dando sus buenos madrazos a Rhys, ya queiro novio jajajaj

Escena fav: la apuñala por mil

Personaje fav: Casteel

Frases fav: Nothing is ever simple. And when it is, it’s rarely ever worth it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Torture, Sexism, Murder, and Misogyny

Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, and Classism

bblanka's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad 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: Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death of parent, Sexual content, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, War, Body shaming, Chronic illness, and Child death

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cannibalism, and Pregnancy

booksanna's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.0

It was ok. The plot was interesting but the things in between felt like too much information and filler. Sex scenes weren’t written well. For the first 200 pages you are confused, and for the nest pages you contunde to be confused but now with more information. I really wanted to know Howe the story ends, so o went through all these pages. It’s ok., not my cup of tea. It’s probably one of the better books in the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Death of parent, War, and Death

nasya_4567's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Bullying, and Cursing

melissyjo's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

This book was abysmally slow. Poppy is annoying and stupid. The love interest (I have forgotten hs name) was unlikeable. Their power dynamic was extremely toxic. It had these weird world building paragraphs that were huge info dumps in between one word dialogue. Grammatical errors everywhere and horribly repetitive dialogue. Saw the twist from a mile a way. Book picks up last 50 pages but it isn't worth it. 

The two people of color in the book are both in servant type roles. One is named TAWNY. Big yikes.

I honestly don't know why this book is so hyped. It was one of the worst books I've ever read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, and Child abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Death, and Violence