Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

80 reviews

roseamillerg's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

a bit too much (very confusing and complex) lore for me. 

almost DNF’d multiple times, but I am happy that I finished the book. 

P.s. William is *chef’s kiss* 😌

P.p.s the cover is so pretty 🥺🥵

Also can I just say SEL🦋🦋🦋💀

 

I didn’t like how the deaths of Evan, Whitty and Russ were written because they happened so fast and so close to each other that I feel like they lost their impact, which is really such a shame (especially bc they were TEENAGERS!! :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Car accident

Minor: Racial slurs, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and Stalking

supersandra's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Slavery, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Car accident, and Murder

fruya's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Rape, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Car accident

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Slavery, Torture, and Medical trauma

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.0

what I liked: 

- a black history/culture-Arthurian retelling 
- the commentary on race 
- the dark academia vibes 
- all the fighting and swords
- discussion about grief and loss 

what I didn't like: 
- the romance, so so so rushed, insta-love, could not suspend my belief about it, literally why it lost one star 

what I am ambivalent about: 
- most of the characters tbh... way too many names and positions to remember and cant remember who likes and dislikes Bree. 

overall, it was an engrossing read, really creative and innovative but I hated the romance and the characters were generally hard to keep track of. intrigued for the next book and whether my latest theory will be correct 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Medical content, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Blood and Car accident

jenyakohnson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Rape

tahsintries's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, and Death of parent

Moderate: Rape and Colonisation

Minor: Child abuse, Torture, and Pregnancy

elissareadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

this is literally one of the best books ive read in a long time. i adore it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Transphobia

Minor: Police brutality

msbarnesela's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Rape, and Blood

rainbowshelves's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

This rocked my world. This explores power, privilege and duty. It tackles grief and trauma. The balance of the legacy of the past against hope for the future. All with the backdrop of Arthurian legend. Yeah. Read it. Immediately. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Racism, Slavery, and Grief

Moderate: Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse and Vomit

peachani's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book. It's not the same old, tired YA fantasy despite involving Arthurian legend. I especially appreciate the way grief and institutional racism were handled.

The only thing I am wary of is a potential relationship that could happen in the next book (sincerely hope it doesn't).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, War, and Classism

Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Infertility, Infidelity, Rape, Torture, Vomit, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria