Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire

6 reviews

beccaand's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Murder, and Body horror

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Child abuse and Self harm

laurajones's review

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• 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: Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Grief, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Violence, and Gore

Minor: Ableism, War, Child abuse, and Chronic illness

stargem's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Child abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Cursing, Self harm, Racism, Suicide attempt, and Transphobia

rubyduarte's review

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, and Medical content

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Violence

Minor: Cannibalism

rainbowreadsbooks's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

For some reason, I didn't love this one as much as I've loved the others. Which is odd because a lot happened in this one, versus the quiet background stories we usually get. I still enjoyed the story and we got some sweet, sweet Jack & Alexis time in this one that I adored. But it's not my favorite of the series.

After five books, I think I've finally decided that Kade is my quiet favorite in all of this. He's so incredibly patient and the voice of reason so often without being patronizing to the other characters. I love how he's made himself the tailor of the school and helps everyone else out, rather selflessly. We see Cora again, which I also enjoyed and Sumi is back in the action which I'm so glad for.

This one had a rather sad ending, but you can kind of see it coming from a mile away. It's still a pretty emotional moment.

I definitely recommend reading the first, second and third books for this one to make any sense at all. I think this one breaks the mold of being able to pick up anywhere like the other stories have been. This one is definitely a continuation of other stories that you will be pretty lost without having read first.
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Representation: lesbian, trans, MC with OCD

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death

Minor: Child abuse

bluelaceagate's review

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, and Gore

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, and Self harm