Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Laws of the Skies by Grégoire Courtois

6 reviews

potassiumk's review

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Car accident, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Sexual assault, Stalking, Excrement, Bullying, Child death, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Violence

itsjustgrumpy's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

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

3.75

Winnie the Pooh meets The Troop (minus the monster). It was heartbreaking but also surprisingly heartfelt at times. You couldn't help but feel for all of the characters, even Enzo, in the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Abandonment, Death of parent, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Stalking

meminger's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.25

i’m just gonna list out the causes of death under the spoiler tags because i think the spoiler tags don’t give quite enough of an indicator of what you should expect. brutal book. don’t read it at work like i did.

car crash into lake, bludgeoned by a rock, throat stabbed to death, hit by a truck, poisoned by berries, drowned, beaten to death, fell off a cliff, suffocated, graphically eaten alive by a wild boar, starved to death, and an unclear violent one. also a shit ton of corpse mutilation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Murder, Bullying, Child abuse, Blood, Body horror, Vomit, Torture, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Excrement, Gore, and Violence

mikeroderique's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Torture, and Vomit

dosxhime's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

When people said that The Laws of the Skies are brutal, believe them. 

This comes to a close second in terms of darkest books I ever read. First is of course, Hogg. If you're not a fan of children getting un@lived, I would highly recommend to skip this. 

3.5 / 5 C-

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Abandonment, Body horror, Bullying, Violence, Torture, Mental illness, Gore, Child death, Death of parent, and Blood

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Stalking

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Violence, Child abuse, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Body horror, Bullying, and Child death