Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs

34 reviews

manaledi's review

emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

I almost put this book down when the beginning was slow but it really grew on me. I mean magic books! But also the characters and the mysteries were well done 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Confinement, Gun violence, Medical content, and Kidnapping

mabechel's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Blood, Grief, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Abandonment

alexgo's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book starts off slow, but don’t let that stop you. I tore through the last half the fastest I’ve ever read. Some of my favorite parts are the flaws in characters’ logic and failures to recognize patterns that frustrated me, reminding me that the reader sees more than any individual character can. This book is an excellent mystery, and includes rosebuds of romance without sidelining the plot or causing a toothache, including a very realistic queer tirade. The world building in pieces and parts from different perspectives causes the start to seem slow, but many details of the build up get a later callback. I was especially taken by the descriptions of how spells physically impact the body of the reader, the writer, and the spelled. An absolute delight I will gladly recommend to all of my fantasy lovers.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abandonment and Body horror

Deaths are somewhat gruesome, but not in an excessive way. The queer storyline includes a sort of suspiciousness that is common in many relationships, not just where magic is concerned.

clairelisebella's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Abandonment, Body horror, Confinement, and Gaslighting

brynalexa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

A fun read. Very easy to listen to. It over-explains itself quite a bit which affected the mystery/suspense aspect. Overall, I would definitely recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death of parent, Abandonment, Blood, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol, Sexual content, and Emotional abuse

kodi_rae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Fun and unique cast of characters with easy to understand magic. It wrapped up a bit quick, in my opinion, but was still satisfying. I really enjoyed this and would read more if the author writes them!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Gun violence, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Confinement

cglharmony's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment and Emotional abuse

navayiota's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

Aggressively good. Saskia Maarleveld has incredible taste in books. If she's narrating it, i know it will be a banger. And she's amazing at what she does!
I really, really enjoyed this story. The plot twists made complete sense and I felt proud of myself whenever I managed to see one coming, the characters are lovable, (I want to give all our protagonists a hug) and the descriptions of sensations were vivid and visceral. I loved every moment. 
It was also a stunning portrayal of how people deal with trauma, especially trauma inflicted by one's primary caregivers. Excellent work!

My one critique would be that they struggled a bit with writing the 4-person conversation between Ester, Johanna, Nicholas and Collins where the 're trying to decide what to do with the wards. It felt forced and repetitive, and constantly reminded me of the fact that this is a story written by a person, and not just me being a fly on the wall for a real life conversation. I didn't notice this with any other conversation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Death of parent, Violence, Confinement, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Blood, Physical abuse, Stalking, Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Medical content, and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy

atamano's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Murder and Grief

Minor: Gun violence and Abandonment

luunacy's review

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

I loved this story and would love to read more about th magical communities around the world if there was a sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Death of parent, Death, Body horror, Violence, and Kidnapping