Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

550 reviews

grayfeathers's review

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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? Yes

4.25

Short, sweet, playing with fairy tale tropes in a really good way. Really lyrical in some places and themes of justice for women in domestically abusive worlds. Good stuff.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Cannibalism

_thugbug_'s review

adventurous 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

4.25

Second book I’ve read from this author, these twisted fairy tales are so great. I love the realistic hardship shown in this book. Fairy tales usually brush off the people that get the worst in of the stick and this book shows that side. The characters are definitely lovable and got some great comedy in there as well. 

What made this not a 5 for me was the main character’s development, I thought there could be more explored with certain areas of her development. I guess I just wanted a BIG win to show herself she’s not as worthless as she thinks? But that is just my personal opinion, read it! You will have fun ! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gore, and Blood

Minor: Self harm

katebella's review

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

3.5

Took a long time to get into the book (almost halfway!) but really enjoyed once I did

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Child death, Death, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery and Cannibalism

sai_like_sigh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Dementia, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Blood, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

Minor: Excrement

ccaz's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse

cwbillings's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

I am absolutely floored by this book! Easily one of my new favorites. She weaves together inspiration and iconography from fairytales, ancient and modern, to create something wholly unique and beautiful! This story follows classic fairy tale formulas while at the same time offering something new and just as enchanting! I found myself often highlighting and denoting passages and phrases that really struck me because the author is masterful at explaining seemingly complex feelings and thoughts. Her writing is simply stunning. I definitely shed a tear over this one and laughed out loud through it too. It’s genuinely funny and touching. Highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Blood

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

evbyrd's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, and Cannibalism

sylvestra's review

adventurous emotional tense 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror and Blood

keithammann's review

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Violence, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death, Abortion, Death of parent, and War

elizabeth_lepore's review

adventurous dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Miscarriage