Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders

10 reviews

ethuiliel's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Xenophobia, Violence, and War

Moderate: Gun violence, Medical content, Body horror, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Minor: Drug use, Child abuse, Infertility, Police brutality, Torture, and Transphobia

evelynyle_88's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Genocide

Moderate: Transphobia, Bullying, and War

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

indeedithappens's review

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted sad 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Torture, Abandonment, Classism, Colonisation, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Violence, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Gun violence, Medical content, Gaslighting, Genocide, Sexual content, Slavery, War, and Xenophobia

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Police brutality, Sexism, Deadnaming, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Homophobia, and Death of parent

kylieqrada's review

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

3.0

Ok, my review game has been off for a bit, so excuse me if I'm a tad rusty. I had an ARC copy of this book, with what is truly the most stunning cover (not the one here), and I picked it up for that reason, and for its author. I'm picky about my YA, especially sci-fi, so that was probably not the best plan. I'm sure that the final copy of this book is a good time. The world-building and characters are fun, although the story leaves something to be desired. But altogether with it being an ARC, it was a eh from me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Transphobia, Bullying, and Child abuse

Minor: Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, Violence, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Torture, Murder, Mental illness, Grief, Death, Confinement, Genocide, Child abuse, and Bullying

thewildmageslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous emotional

3.5

I did enjoy this! The pacing was a little weird - I have no idea how much time actually passed in the story. I loved the characters and did not know what to expect half the time. XD Will definitely read the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Genocide, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Body shaming, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Xenophobia, Gore, War, and Mental illness

Minor: Bullying, Transphobia, Child abuse, and Fatphobia

librarianlayla's review

adventurous challenging funny mysterious reflective tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

4/4.5 stars.

Jam packed with action, wit and positive representation.

The World building is immense, so much thought has been put into the history and the plethora of cultures. Such a fully fleshed out galaxy really pulls the reader in.

The only reason this story doesn't get the full 5 stars from me is that I felt there was so much information loaded in straight from the go, that some of the connections between characters seemed rushed. I felt some characters didn't get their chance to shine and some relationships were fast tracked so quickly that it didn't feel as genuine as it should have.

But I did really enjoy the book and look forward to the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Violence, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Physical abuse, Child abuse, Transphobia, and Abandonment

kassidyreads's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Child abuse, Confinement, Bullying, Death, Transphobia, and Violence

librarianmage's review

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

3.0

it just didn't hook me, I'm afraid

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Genocide, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Transphobia, Bullying, and Child abuse

Minor: Confinement and Emotional abuse

sebrittainclark's review

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I've loved every book I've ready by Charlie Jane Anders, so I wasn't shocked to love this book just as much. Tina was literally born for great things. She's the clone of a great alien warrior. But when she finally gets picked up by a spaceship, it's not quite the futuristic experience she expected.

I loved the world building of the galaxy and alien races, as well as the questions Tina has to answer for herself about what her destiny really is. I think this is the best YA science fiction I've read in a really long time.

I won't spoil the ending, but it invokes one of my favorite tropes in science fiction, and I can't wait to see where the series goes next.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Child abuse, and Genocide