Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

49 reviews

tays_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death, Child death, Pregnancy, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Slavery, Incest, Grief, Torture, and Cannibalism

xwiththevex's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Would be great for a Greta Gerwig adaptation featuring Saoirse Ronan and Florence Pugh. Big on yearn-core.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Pregnancy, Body horror, Death, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Slavery, Blood, Classism, Confinement, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Child death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Cannibalism, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Torture

uranaishi's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Murder, Grief, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Abortion, Blood, Slavery, Violence, Confinement, Dementia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, and War

jiska_bloem's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? No

5.0

Loved this book, especially the found family she collected along the way. I would indeed consider this book cozy adjacent. It gave me a warm feeling, the stakes weren't high, but it did contain some dark elements. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child death, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Animal death, and Death

Minor: Grief, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, and Slavery

eleonorehilbig's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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

this was a cute book. 
the only real issue i had with it was the tone shift with it starting out quite grimly with lots of gory elements and then becoming a sort of lets go on an adventure with a bunch of people who dont seem to be who youd pick for that adventure. however i enjoyed it thoroughly especially the internal struggles of the mc and the topics that were discussed. all in all a great book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, Death, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Child death, Slavery, and Pregnancy

taremeredzwatchirewa's review

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Violence, and Slavery

babs_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, and Slavery

mochikochicken's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? No

5.0

Dogs made of animated bones, dust wives, goblins, demonic chickens, fairy godmothers of questionable quality. It's about the inevitable darkness of being a woman and the hope they find in creating a community with each other. And Fenris is there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Death, Domestic abuse, Body horror, and Murder

There is a scene where a character has a tooth extracted which could be triggering. It isn't painful but it is graphic in a weird way. Does not include a dentist.

robin_reads's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, Miscarriage, and Animal death

Moderate: Slavery, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

fallandfox's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

Princesa Marra após anos vendo sua irmã mais do meio sofrendo nas mãos do marido abusivo realiza que ela quem deve salvar sua irmã. Com a ajuda de uma bruxa de cemitério, uma fada madrinha, uma galinha possuída por um demônio e um antigo guerreiro. Juntos eles partem para libertar a família da Marra e o reino das mãos desse tirano.
Eu escolhi essa leitura como parte do meu semi objetivo de ler alguns dos livros que ganharam o goodreads choice awards do ano passado.
Eu precisava de uma fantasia diferenciada  esses tempos então essa foi uma ótima experiência e pude entender porque muita gente estava gostando da leitura. 
Quando eu terminei o livro só conseguia pensar em como eu queria ler ele de novo ou procurar outros livros da autora.

A escrita pra mim foi diferente do que estou acostumada em fantasias e de certa forma menos cansativa principalmente por não ter sido a minha leitura prioridade. 
Eu não me senti muito conectada em relação ao ambiente mas não interferiu na minha leitura por estar curtindo a vibe do livro e ser fácil de ler.

Marra a personagem principal é uma princesa de um reino pequeno, e para este sobreviver a ataques precisa se unir por meio de casamentos com o maior reino, ela se encontra como uma freira como forma de o rei que era casado com sua irmã mais velha casou e depois morrei e agora sua irmã do meio casou com ele agora. Depois de observar o abuso que sua irmã esta sofrendo ela busca uma bruxa de cemitério para ajuda-la em sua jornada quando tudo começa.
A bruxa do cemitério é uma personagem bem interessante  e de uma boa logica que as vezes faz falta nas aventuras, a gente não descobre sobre o passado dela porque não é importante para a historia mas isso não impediu de gostar dela, a galinha com o demônio nela foi bem engraçada mas não muito presente.
O guerreiro antigo era um homem que cometeu um ato bom mas que era considerado um ato imperdoável em seu povo e depois de escolhas que fez acabou sendo vendido por fadas onde foi comprado pela protagonista e a bruxa.
A fada madrinha é uma personagem engraçada que acaba modificando tudo oque a gente espera de uma fada madrinha na pratica mas ela se tornou minha favorita.

E uma historia com momento engraçados mas que não esquece de na sua jornada colocar o quão importante é a proteção que a princesa sente por sua irmã e sua vontade de salvar ela de um destino terrível que seria seu nas mãos do seu marido violento e abusivo.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Murder, Violence, and Miscarriage