Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

23 reviews

textappeal's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Sexual content

horizonous's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

It has its issues for sure (the fixation on beauty really annoyed me, for example), but I guess I haven't read enough in this genre to be too bothered about the generic YA fantasy tropes / plot, so I'm not even going to pretend I didn't enjoy this. This was fun? And I'm going to read the second book in the series and watch the adaptation!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and Rape

◦ Death = Death of friend

tolkiensacademia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship