Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Dreadnought by April Daniels

5 reviews

librarianeno's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Violence, Outing, Physical abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia

nowjamie's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Outing, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Death, Sexism, Child abuse, Dysphoria, Transphobia, Deadnaming, and Emotional abuse

jjjreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Bullying, Physical abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Hate crime, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Infertility, Blood, Body shaming, Sexism, Transphobia, Child abuse, Classism, Deadnaming, Gun violence, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Body horror, Car accident, Chronic illness, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Death, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, and Addiction

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Genocide, Child death, Self harm, Slavery, Gaslighting, Vomit, and Cancer

overbooked207's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

📖 Dreadnought & Sovereign by April Daniels Book Review 📖

3rd and 4th books of August 2022 and 20th and 21st of the year:

“I see a world that is terrified of me. Terrified of someone who would reject manhood. Terrified of a girl who knows who she is and what she's capable of. They are small, and they are weak, and they will not hurt me ever again.” - April Daniels.

These books have fantastic trans, lesbian, queer, abuse survivor, mental health/illness, anxiety, PTSD, and more representation, great writing and world-building, and inventive, well-written, and brutal action/fight scenes! If there’s anything I love in books, it’s complex characters, and this series' main character, Danny, is an especially amazing and complex character. The book showcases her bravery, power, resilience, anger, strengths, weaknesses, and everything in between in such a good way, and the characters felt so real. I liked the second book even more than the first, and I definitely recommend picking these up, especially if you love superhero movies or shows like The Boys, Invincible, Umbrella Academy, etc.! 

TWs for Dreadnought: transphobia, slurs, homophobia, deadnaming, misgendering, misogyny, medical content, violence, parental/domestic/child abuse, homelessness/being kicked out of the house for being trans/queer, anxiety, death, dysphoria, cursing, bullying, blood, body horror, alcohol, alcoholism, self-image issues/negative internal voice, PTSD, sexual harassment, toxic friendship, and description of injuries.

TWs for Sovereign: transphobia, slurs, homophobia, alcoholism, self-harm, deadnaming, misgendering, misogyny, misandry, medical content/trauma, violence, vomit, abuse, cursing, bullying, blood, body horror, alcohol, alcoholism, homelessness, ableism, kidnapping, torture, imprisonment, anxiety, self-image issues/negative internal voice, PTSD, mass death, and description of injuries📚🎧🦸‍♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Grief, Genocide, Body shaming, Body horror, Torture, Lesbophobia, Blood, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Death, Confinement, Bullying, Violence, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Medical content, Homophobia, Dysphoria, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Gore, Deadnaming, and Cursing

anil's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

1.5

I really wanted to like this book, so much in fact that after I had finished this I still gave the sequel a shot. And it's not without merit! The basic setup is cool! The plot is whatever, but this is a superhero story, the plot can absolutely be mediocre if I care enough about characters and their situations. Which I did not. Largely because everyone was a two dimensional charicature of a person. The heroes are bland and lack personality. The villains are are absolutely ridiculous and seem to only be evil for the sake of being evil. One of them seems specifically designed to say every single transphobic thing ever regardless of whether or not it makes sense for all of these views to be held by one character or for a character to say these things in these situations.
It's extremely tiring. Really. Save yourself the time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Physical abuse, and Transphobia