Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon

5 reviews

robbin_bobbin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

this is by far my favorite book of the year. it feels like a big step up from Edgmon’s first series and they feel more comfortable in here (not that the first one wasn’t good!). i found myself relating to the main character in so many ways and i would root for them and their loved ones no matter what. this book will haunt me with its amazingness and ill gladly let that happen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Violence, and Cursing

Moderate: Mental illness and Body horror

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Torture, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse

ctara2123's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Murder, Gun violence, Blood, Violence, Mental illness, and Cursing

Moderate: Self harm, Homophobia, and Adult/minor relationship

princegene95's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Colonisation, Violence, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Grief, and Death

Minor: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Medical content, and Transphobia

guybrushtmp's review

This ARC was provided by NetGalley and Daphne Press (Illumicrate's Press arm), NOT Wednesday (St Martin's Press). I support the boycott of St. Martin’s Press.

DNF: 75%. I choose to DNF this book as I found it mentally much more challenging than I am currently able to handle and felt it wasn't suited for me. I am giving this a 3.5 stars, but I think many will rate this higher for them.

This book is a lot. I tend to stick to happy even when labelled as a dark book, but this is wearing some scars that feel familiar and painful. And likely because it is very raw about mental health and the people are messy and mean at times (not the mean girl mean, but the other I say hurtful things mean). Some of those things (a lot of the first) I found myself slightly relating to but more being overwhelmed by empathy to the point it hurts.

For its intended young adults, I think this book holds something precious, something more unique than many of the generic fantasy YA books out there. There is a lot of angst and these character hurt each other with words like knives. But it is wonderfully written, queer af, and an interesting plot. Read your trigger warnings going in. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, and Self harm

ezwolf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Gem Echols is a trans high school student just trying to make it out of their small town to be with their maybe love interest in college. That all changes when they meet Willa Mae who reveals that the dreams Gem has had are actually memories of a previous life and they are the reincarnation of a god. 

I thought that Gem was pretty funny at the start of the book and I was on my way to being endeared to them. But somewhere along the way I realized that I didn’t really like them. Or Willa Mae. Or Enzo. I love morally grey characters and they don’t have to do good things but I do need to like them on some level. 

But there are a lot of good things about this book and I think a lot of other people will like it. It's got good trans representation, Native representation, discussions of colonization as well as mental illness. 

I still look forward to reading the author’s other books and would recommend this to people, it was just missing ~something~ for me. 

Thank you to NetGalley for making this available in exchange for an honest review!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Death, Murder, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Grief, Gun violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual content, Self harm, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Bullying, and Transphobia