Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

104 reviews

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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: Child death, Death, Sexism, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Dysphoria

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Slavery, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

_forestofpages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and War

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Sexism, Violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death and Vomit

bashsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Sometimes when I hear a bunch of hype for a book, I find that it makes my expectations so high that I can be nothing but disappointed when I read it. Thankfully, She Who Became the Sun well-earned its praise. I was blown away by how immersed in the time and setting it was, as well as the carefully-considered jumps between character perspectives. All of the characters were undeniably bad people... but they were also so easy to understand and sympathize with. And don't even get me started about all the deliciously complicated gender stuff happening for Zhu and Ouyang. I Love This Book, and I can't wait to read the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Excrement and Vomit

lizziaha's review against another edition

• Strong character development? Yes

4.25

I really do love books that explore the complexity of human emotions. This book picks at the hangnail of your soul and then pulls. It blurs the line between who you were and who you are and who you will become. It features ghosts, monks, fate, revenge, pining, and there’s gender fuckery afoot; what more could you ask for? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Animal death and Alcohol

ling_prof's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Minor: Body shaming, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Medical content

abitbetterbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery

mnkeemagick's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

What a cool read. A dark reimagining of the birth of an empire, holding no punches as it informs along the way. 

There's a substantial amount of cultural and historical information, the harsh realities represented beautifully and without pause, with just enough fantastical elements to make it shine the brighter. Can't wait to check out the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

le_mur's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

dragongirl271's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-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: Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail