Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi

25 reviews

beccam22's review against another edition

5.0

This book is not what I was expecting by the pitch I’ve always been told. The marriage is not hinging on stories told by the wife and what he learns from her stories, she doesn’t tell her own story until the last chapter so why use that in marketing?

This book is about female friendship, the indescribable love of childhood friendship and the darker side of knowing someone so truly that you know every way to hurt them the most.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Self harm, Suicide, Child abuse, Child death, Gaslighting, Classism, Dysphoria, Pedophilia, and Eating disorder

the two young girls mention only eating pure foods and not eating lunch but only snacks like an apple for lunch. They compare bodies in a few scenes. Azure has a step father who lusts over her more than her mother(his wife) and it is heavily implied that he imagines Azure while having sex with her mother because he can’t have her. There is also a scene where she is drugged, unconscious, naked on their bed and he is touching himself watching her while her friend takes a photo of him. Her mother is jealous of her daughter and leaves her while she is 18 but not yet graduated to be with him so the daughter can’t “tempt” him. The husband was abused as a child and his brother died but he was told he never had a brother, the mother removed photos and they gaslight him into believing he made up his brother to the point that he thinks he is the only one who remembers him so surly he must be in fairy. He is able to remember what happened to his brother but it is not explored as much as I would have liked, it was very much a side-side plot. In the end it is revealed that indigo has been azure since graduation, indigo died technically by an accident but she was plotting their suicides for years. Azure then is able to take indigos identity until her husband reveals the truth and stays with her to learn her story. Hence “indigo” being the flower bride until he is able to really learn who azure is.

aelsaj711's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

2.75

This book is actually quite good for the right reader. I don't think I have matured enough as a reader to have read this, which is why I gave it this rating. Reading this is like being dropped into a dimly lit maze and bumbling around in the dark until about the the 75% mark. This is for a specific niche of people, to which, at the moment, I am tangential to. This book is an excellent character study on two people that I think many people might be able to relate to to a certain extent, which I believe is this book's biggest strength. The prose is excellent as well, but it is a lot to process. Even though technically the book is short, it took me as long to read as a book double its length. I suggest only reading this book when you're looking to be confused as you're being led into the depths of The Flower Bride. The pay off was almost worth it for me, but I'm sure for others it might have a higher impact.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

raindrops333's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

sappix's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Murder, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Death, Child death, and Drug use

Minor: Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Adult/minor relationship

reddsb00ks's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, and Bullying

cwitt4087's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia and Adult/minor relationship

karapillar's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Violence, Abandonment, Grief, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Murder

Minor: Incest, Gun violence, Drug use, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Alcohol, and Vomit

kimveach's review against another edition

While the writing was gorgeous, like poetry,  it wasn't enough to make me want to finish the book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

alloftaysreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

picoledenaranja's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

The prose was beautiful but got a little heavy by the end. Same as the story,  something just didn't  fully click with me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Pedophilia