Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi

5 reviews

sallytiffany's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? No

3.0

It was very slow and tedious and the characters were hard to relate to. However, it did have some good action at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Body horror, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Violence, Blood, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

mynotsolittlelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring tense slow-paced

While the pacing if this book is slow  it is so incredibly imersive you don't realise it. You're so wrapped up in the characters and their intense emotions you want every scene to last just a little longer!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Xenophobia, Blood, Classism, Death, and Self harm

Moderate: Death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Confinement

Minor: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racism, and Violence

mypatronusisajedi's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Slavery

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

abiofpellinor's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Self harm, and Death

Moderate: Blood

quillify_'s review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing slow-paced

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

3.75

Absolutely, as always, I adored Mafi’s writing, the Persian influence and worldbuilding. This seemed like a combination of Cinderella and Aladdin, and the politics of the this world were so very interesting to read. However, I could not help but draw parallels to her previous series. Alizeh and Juliette are once again young girls going through immense suffering but who secretly have long-lost lineages and are born with the purpose of being manipulated for the greater world. Kamran and Aaron are tortured princes/commanders who've fallen in love with the girl after meeting her only twice (how???), subject to the unsavoury decisions their sovereigns make (grandfather and father respectively). In addition, all those mentions of how Alizeh is soooooo not like the other girls and that she possesses wits too along with beauty like... it's 2022 can we please let this trope die? She's royalty, had the privilege of a fine education and the security of a good home and financial position for the first few years of her life. Not everyone is so lucky. And not all people have the same diplomatic, linguistic sort of intelligence that you seem to love, Ms. Mafi. The book lacked in a cohesive plot and things started moving only at the last seven chapters. I would've appreciated seeing more friendships instead of romance and angst in the books but since this is the first one I can wait to see how the story unfolds.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Classism and Death of parent