Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor

10 reviews

rmlknisely's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, War, Blood, Genocide, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Rape

bethfern04's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Gaslighting, War, Genocide, Grief, Blood, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Vomit, Rape, Slavery, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, and Violence

gcjay1994's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

3.0

Overall an enjoyable read and continuation from book 1. I wasn’t wowed by it, but feel like I would have devoured this when I was younger. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Death, War, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Confinement, Blood, Rape, Violence, Vomit, and Toxic relationship

scarlett_f's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, War, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Confinement, Grief, Gore, Sexual assault, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

donatio's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

Writing style was as good as in the first one and I still liked the characters, especially Ziri and Liraz.
Also liked that we finally got to see the way the angels live, since Book 1 was more about the chimaera. 

In the middle, when Karou was on Earth, resurrecting chimaera the pacing felt off, nothing happened for a hundred pages. 
The characters who were introduced newly felt quite forced, even if they played major roles later. Why didn't we hear about Joram's son before Akiva & Co killed him?
I would have also liked a clearer explanation on how the bodies for the resurrections are made do they just appear, or... ?

Solid read, all in all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Misogyny, Violence, War, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Abandonment, Body horror, Genocide, and Medical content

kirstenf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual assault, Torture, Murder, Grief, Genocide, War, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Slavery, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Islamophobia and Vomit

lesliehirgelt's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Grief, Sexual violence, Violence, and War

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

enchantedbibliophile's review against another edition

3.0

 “I am priestess of a sandcastle in a land of dust and starlight” 

A bit longer than necessary for a sequel, in my opinion. And it contains a disturbing scene that I was not ready to read about in a book like this. But overall it is a great way to continue the series; it went in a way different direction than I thought it would.
Can’t wait to see where Taylor will take us in the finale! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Blood, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, and War

sunflower_reads_'s review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

sabrinz's review

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

While I adore the first book for this amazing, crazy journey it takes you on (and makes you read the entire book without putting it down), this book is marked by contrasts done well. We have Karou who is caught in the Chimera war and in their vengence, while Akiva is trying his best at rebellion and somehow getting to peace.
It's just great to see both their journeys and how they arrive at their respective points in time and conviction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Slavery, Vomit, and Emotional abuse