Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

8 reviews

tallulahlucy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

The dog dies

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Genocide, Death of parent, Animal death, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Child death, War, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Religious bigotry, Animal cruelty, Vomit, Murder, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Mental illness, Grief, and Gaslighting

winterwolf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Animal cruelty, Grief, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Gore, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, and Violence

book_becca's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

Not an awful book, predictable at times. Writing style was not for me but can see the appeal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Vomit, Abandonment, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, War, Misogyny, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Gore, Genocide, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Kidnapping

percivaljoyce's review

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Murder, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Vomit, Physical abuse, Gun violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

itsnicholaslashay's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Religious bigotry, Grief, Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Sexism, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual violence, Genocide, Child abuse, Cursing, and Death of parent

aquakerwitch'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

arlorees's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Blood

aloeverra's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I loved reading the stream of consciousness style narration. The amount of emotions you feel as you travel with the characters is really intense because of it and I constantly felt the need to turn the page. I also really liked that this was technically a sci fi book but also felt like a historical settlers read, a very interesting blend of genre. Our main character Todd faces a lot of moral and philosophical coming of age situations, but faces it with very little education and I loved watching him battle and find his path through them.
Most of the characters had flaws but were still loveable, except the villains. The villains were very easy to hate and weren't very dimensional. 

This is a journey / travel story, so if you like books that have only a few stable locations this book might not be for you. This book also features a corrupted religion similar to Christianity, so if you don't want any religious notes in your book, you might not like this.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and Animal cruelty