Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

La jaula del rey by Victoria Aveyard

12 reviews

winglesswarrior's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, War, Toxic relationship, and Torture

julienicole1106's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Vomit, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Classism, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, War, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content

stitchof's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Genocide, Blood, Gaslighting, War, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Colonisation, Death, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Torture, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic relationship

adeena23's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, War, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

Minor: Child death, Slavery, Blood, and Pregnancy

oliveforestt's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, War, and Violence

Minor: Toxic relationship and Pregnancy

kingspite618's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

man do I enjoy seeing a bunch of fucked up insane and incredibly mentally ill teenagers and young adults make a bunch of incredibly problematic and questionable choices repeatedly like their lives depended on it for a whole series straight!!
5 stars cause everyone ate and slayed and delivered and served cunt. also relate to some of these characters on a spiritual level. they are just like me fr. also YASS

evil queer villains/spoiler> we love to see it!!
The character developments and arcs and overall construction of the characters is also incredible. Go read it right now!!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Domestic abuse, Torture, Abortion, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Confinement, Outing, War, Grief, Blood, Death, Mental illness, Murder, and Violence

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

4.0

The only thing I love about these books is Maven. He is such a complicated character and I love him dearly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Vomit, War, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Death, Gaslighting, Sexism, Torture, Abandonment, Kidnapping, and Murder

PTSD

stephwatsford's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This was the second best book in the series after Glass Sword in my opinion. It was tense reading Mare’s desperation as she lived through the terror of being Maven’s prisoner. I liked the dual narrative although i wish we got to explore a little bit more of Cameron’s character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Torture

llsugarspicell's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

I really loved this book, it’s better than the previous one.

⛔️ Spoilers ahead ⛔️

I loved Cameron and Evangeline POVs and enjoyed being in their heads for a change. Mare is good but she can’t pick aside just like Cal, she’s desperate and in love-hate relationship with Maven … yes she hates him but at the same time he’s all she can think about and want his attention and get jealous and want to convince herself she doesn’t care about him all the time.
 
Maven’s back story just broke me, i mean i guessed before his mother did something with his brain but I didn’t imagine it to be that bad, she  converted him into a sociopath and i just hated her more.
and can we talk about how the bath tub scene is THE BEST .. I don’t know why but my heart broke into millions and millions pieces after reading that chapter it was so great i felt every emotion … I’m not ready to read how my mavey baby gonna die 😢😭💔

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

Moderate: Vomit

bgmylc's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Torture