Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

57 reviews

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

xlivinglikejen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

3.75

The writing wasn’t my favorite but I liked the story overall. Found myself sneaking in chapters whenever I could. I probably wouldn’t start exploring the genre with this series though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Physical abuse

anapthine's review

adventurous 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, War, Torture, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, and Mental illness

ahirsch00's review

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring 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

5.0

Love this series!!! I couldn’t put it down once I started!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Confinement, Physical abuse, Vomit, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, War, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Gore

begentile's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, War, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Torture

scorpia's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Child abuse, and Kidnapping

miciahsreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Murder, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Violence, Torture, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gore, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault and Child death

Minor: Death of parent, War, and Rape

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

I wasn’t sure that I was going to finish From Blood and Ash at first, but I am so glad I pushed through. The beginning is a bit repetitive, but now that I have finished it, I understand why! 

FBAA definitely lives up to the hype.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail