Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

16 reviews

teyn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Animal death

Moderate: Body horror, Violence, Death of parent, and Genocide

Minor: Gore, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Grief, Murder, and Gun violence

_rowantree_'s review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

I found the premise and themes of this book interesting and think it worked well as an audiobook. Some of the characters and their actions felt a bit unbelievable to me.

In particular, I wasn’t  convinced by the reasons given for why the bad guys cared so much about the main character and spent the whole book chasing him.

I found the dog really annoying until about a paragraph before it died. I think that was the point and was a sign of good writing, but not necessarily enjoyable.

I also find it irritating when books censor swearing but include violence, death, injury and prejudice. 

I may or may not listen to the next book at some point in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Religious bigotry, Sexism, War, and Death

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

arctoarcturus's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.5

I  really enjoyed the writing and overall themes -- a lot of great and thoughtful concepts, creative writing styles and extremely emotive. I would have given it four stars except for the utterly exhausting and traumatic plot. These kids can't catch a break, almost to the point of me wanting to put the book down completely. I often felt tense out of sheer frustration while reading because it seemed like the author was intentionally flipping the table before the reader had a chance to recover from the last upsetting episode. And while I get that this was probably a purposeful writing device, it made my experience of the book far less enjoyable, not because I was empathizing with the characters, but because I was feeling exasperation towards the author.

While I'd love to keep reading the series to dive deeper into the concepts and characters, I'm not sure I have the energy for all the trauma porn. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal cruelty, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Gun violence, Xenophobia, and Animal death

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Genocide, War, and Torture

savvypotions's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Violence, and Misogyny

Moderate: Animal death, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation

winry_reads's review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Gore, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Animal cruelty

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Blood, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Violence, Gun violence, Animal death, Vomit, Sexism, Misogyny, and Gore

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Kidnapping

Minor: Colonisation, Cursing, War, Fire/Fire injury, Ableism, and Death of parent

mrmichael's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Religious bigotry, Rape, and Sexual violence

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