Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Daughters of Ys by M.T. Anderson

6 reviews

alishaabrahamsreads's review

dark tense

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual content, Gore, and Grief

cpersin's review

dark sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Infidelity, Gore, Emotional abuse, Death, Violence, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

charleshasalibrary's review

dark fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Sexual content, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Animal death and Emotional abuse

pixa's review

adventurous dark hopeful sad fast-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? Yes

3.75

This was so layered and the art is everything. 

“We live by devouring those we love. How can we help it? They're the ones within closest reach.“

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Violence, Gore, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Death, Grief, and Sexual content

snowsnakes's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

A graphic novel retelling of an ancient Breton folktale. 

Definitely a favourite sub-genre of mine: it combines two of my favourite things (1) art and (2) folktales lol how can I not love it?

Why just three stars, then? I wanted more detail! My heart felt for the characters and the story ended before I could come to terms with what had transpired. I often feel this way after reading graphic novels... I just wanted to know more. See more. But I do appreciate the open(ish) ending.

Be warned, it was definitely a darker YA; the story tends to focus on the flaws of the main characters, and how they lose themselves (and each other) to these flaws. Personally, I feel like better communication, and regular therapy to work through emotions, would have benefited everyone and likely prevented the book's worst-case-scenarios. But then we wouldn't have a story, I guess. And, really, folktales are meant to make the readers/listeners reflect. So, in the end, it did its job well.

TW: abuse, murder, death, gore.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Death, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Toxic relationship

oliverreeds's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

LOVE. i loved this story. i think it's a graphic novel version of an original tale, and i think that everything in this work so well together. i enjoyed reading it and i loved the characterization of everyone in the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, and Toxic relationship