Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Az ébredés by Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham

34 reviews

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was a hard book to get through with all the bullying & toxic environment the main characters have to deal with. My friends told me that the series gets better so I sped through the first book. I do like the twins & their strong personalities & hope things do get better … that ending though 🥺. Note: I listened to the graphic audiobook & the cast of voice actors did a great job!

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adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I really don't know why this book got so much hate. Yes, it is a bully, dark read. And yes, it has numerous triggers (I'm not sure if all triggers were named). But besides that, the theme (educational surroundings), age of the characters (young adults—other adolescents), and fantasy background all reminded me of the House of Night and Vampire Academy book series. Maybe everyone slept on those series, as they were published almost 20ya. 

So, is this book (and I guess series) a highly philosophical read? NO, but is it entertaining? YES. Keep in mind all triggers, and enjoy the ride!

(3.25 stars just because I feel like "I've seen this theme before". But I guess because, in some way or other, I did by reading a lot of fantasy- and bully-themed romances)

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challenging funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Listen..... I grew up reading Wattpad and Fanfiction.net

I can suspend my beliefs for a great number for fictional plot lines. 

What I can't get passed is the girls being abused almost daily and still being physically attracted to their abusers!! 
The violence again the main female characters in this series is both concerning and abhorrent. It concerns me that there are younger women being disillusioned by this book into being attracted to abusive characters because 'theyre just so hot'. Very difficult to get through because the bullying is so severe.
Sure, use fairy dust to travel dimensions, that's no problem with me, but can we have a little dignity for the main characters?? Hard to believe it took 2 authors to put this piece of work together..... 

Spoiler Alert: there's literally a c-plot concerning murder and in the A-plot they are worried about a fucking school dance, I'm not making this up.

I think this series yanked me out of my adult 'romance' novel phase.... Like even Fifty Shades was more fleshed out😶‍🌫️

I HATED a crown of thorns and roses and it was still better than this.

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I really really  wanted to hate this and I really really didn’t. 
The writing sucks, but i am so hooked.

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The main characters seemingly have a rags to riches situation. However that is rather quickly turned on its head as they realize they have very few, if any, allies in this new world… They will have to rely on each other and the wits they developed on the streets on the mortal realm to survive at Zodiac Academy. 

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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challenging dark emotional 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: Complicated

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