Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Stars Above by Marissa Meyer

7 reviews

amschelly153's review

adventurous dark informative medium-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? No

3.75

This book is a compilation of short stories that mostly fill in some of the gaps, so it’s a good informational book regarding some of the character backstory, and also having a good wrap up epilogue.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Violence, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Suicide, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Suicide attempt

msradiosilence's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad

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

3.0

TLDR; 3 rating, it’s an anthology, and a couple of these were in the backs of the books already.
Content warnings at the bottom. :)

Every anthology I’ve ever read has had hits and misses. Most of these, unfortunately, were misses. I love The Little Android, which is the one exception, but most of these stories were in the backs of the original books. The one with Cinder’s dad, for example. And when I said I wanted Winter and Jacin’s relationship to be fleshed out, I didn’t mean that I wanted Winter to be unwittingly a player in someone’s continued sexual assault. It’s icky.

I wanted more of the Rampion crew. I know there’s the graphic novels, but I wanted more like the wedding story, which was very short and very rushed, if you ask me. And the fact that Kai upstages it by proposing to Cinder? The story says there’s a time skip, but they both seem like the immature teens they were in the series. UGH.

Rating: 3
Would I recommend? No, you could probably find The Little Android and the Rampion wedding story online somewhere.

Content warnings: Body horror, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Ableism, Child abuse, Bullying, Blood, Genocide, Torture, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gun violence, Death of parent, Child death, Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, Medical content, War, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Classism, and Body shaming

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Car accident, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Violence, Classism, Death, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Ableism, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Torture, Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and War

val_theburrowofstories's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Self harm

Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Emotional abuse

marenm's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

CINDER-KAI FANS ARE WINNINGGG

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Death, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Sexual assault

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

4.25

Nice prequels that answer a few unresolved questions. The epilogue was also much appreciated.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Minor: Death

anielabooks's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Wonderful collection of novellas for the lunar chronicles series. This book really gave insight to side characters like Michelle Benoit but also all the protagonists from previous books. I would totally recommend this to someone who enjoyed the main books.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, Emotional abuse, and Suicide attempt

emilylhr's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Emotional abuse, and Death