Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

53 reviews

sh543's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Death of parent, and Murder

shalladin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Torture, Trafficking, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Sexual violence, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Classism, Death, and Misogyny

chattie_the_mad_chatter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

Had no idea what to expect going into this. Really enjoyed the mix of chatacters their inner conflict, personal journeys amid a harsh world were so great to follow. Moments of frustrations with each character and seeing them come out tje other side. There are alot of teenage hormones, but I found the chatacters and plot compelling I could brush past the excess. But all the complicated relationships I enjoyed and found the characters realistic, relatable and empathetic, despite the brutality around them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Bullying, Classism, and Death

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Violence

verk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Torture, Sexual violence, and Bullying

tinytina's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.25

This is a good book for lovers of this type of fantasy, in part because the tropes and characters of this story are surprising. There were so many things that I thought would happen that went in a completely different direction than I expected. I’m a sucker for a dual POV novel and I thought this handled it in a fun and exciting manner. 
I would consider this in the same genre as the Dance of Thieves duology, because it has similar espionage-y, will-they-won’t-they energy at very high stakes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Slavery, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, and Violence

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Slavery, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Rape, War, Blood, Sexual violence, Grief, and Child death

Minor: Child abuse, Suicide, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Medical content, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

teri_b's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

It's a grisly world we are introduced to in this book. There is a lot of violence coming off these pages, that at times feel over excessive.

Once I got to listen to the audiobook, I made it fairly quickly through this book.

What I struggled with  throughout the story, is the female main character's motivation. She wants to save her brother at all costs, even though she never ever gets even the slightest proof that he is still alive. This is just not good enough when I look at all the pain and trauma she goes through in this book in order to save her brother. At times she feels like a completely naive character who has not a clue how harsh the world is until she is thrown into it, and yet she seems to be intelligent. And these two things just do not add up for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Gore

queen_squid's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Slavery

cc0906's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Bullying, Violence, Slavery, Death of parent, Death, Rape, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, Sexual violence, Torture, Physical abuse, Grief, Confinement, Abandonment, Sexism, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Blood

veeronald's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Colonisation, Violence, Rape, Child abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Police brutality, and Confinement

Moderate: Classism, Torture, Blood, Sexual content, Suicide, Trafficking, Genocide, Child abuse, Murder, Vomit, Bullying, Colonisation, and Death

Minor: War, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail