Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Silver in the Bone by Alexandra Bracken

2 reviews

paigeinabook's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Murder, Religious bigotry, Cannibalism, Grief, Abandonment, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Genocide, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and Xenophobia

the_b00kreader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

Heartbreaking. Soul-crushing. Full of twists and turns.
That's all I can say about this book.... 

I stayed up until 2am to finish this book....2 AM! And I do not regret it.
 This book was great, like really great. I loved it! I loved Bracken's writing style and found it helped to keep this story more captivating. 

The tension was high throughout this entire book but towards the end, around the last nine chapters, the tension sky-rocketed and everything I thought I knew was no more. Plot twists and turns, one after the other, emotional damage was done. 
(I mean my pillow....full of tears) 

Tamsin, the main character, was certainly an interesting character to read about. She had quite an issue with trust (relatable) and had difficulty letting people in (also relatable). Her development throughout this book was very well written and she certainly grew on me. 

Another thing about this book was that you could tell Bracken did plenty of research on the Arthurian legends that fed into the plot line. 

But, after that ending....I'm going to need the next book ASAP. I have so many questions!! 

I honestly cannot recommend this book enough. If you haven't read it, I highly recommend you do so! I loved it!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gore, Domestic abuse, Grief, Violence, and War

Moderate: Abandonment and Child death