Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

13 reviews

bookishpixie's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, War, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Death, Child death, Grief, Blood, Toxic relationship, Torture, Physical abuse, Genocide, Murder, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Violence, and Gaslighting

mattyb's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Torture, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Violence, Genocide, Child death, Death, Body horror, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Vomit, War, Trafficking, Colonisation, Murder, Medical content, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Classism, Dysphoria, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Gore

Minor: Alcohol and Animal cruelty

clarabooksit's review

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Xenophobia, Grief, Racism, Child death, Genocide, Toxic relationship, Death, War, Murder, Violence, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Torture, and Death of parent

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Slavery

ymile_mahllew's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

Despite it sometimes being trope-y and predictable and having a romance that felt forced/unnecessary, I really enjoyed the heart of this book and the worldbuilding.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Racism, Slavery, Death of parent, Child death, and Torture

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, and Police brutality

Minor: Sexual content

amyhasel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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

A fantasy take on colonialism and racism against Black people in America. I could not be more impressed by the world-building, including a culturally informed magic system, and cast of characters. Absolutely a must-read for all fantasy-lovers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Racism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Colonisation, Classism, and Death of parent

bookishperseus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Child abuse, Colonisation, Hate crime, Slavery, Child death, Confinement, Kidnapping, Murder, Xenophobia, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, War, Self harm, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Cursing, and Death

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Stunning. This book is about taking back your power and embracing your magic. It’s well-written, interesting, and powerful. The chapters are short, the characters are interesting, and the plot is exciting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Torture, Colonisation, Confinement, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Genocide, Grief, Infidelity, Police brutality, Violence, War, Suicide, Sexual assault, Animal death, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Slavery, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

macmannwood's review against another edition

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

5.0

i think that daughters should get to kill their abusive fathers more often

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Sexual assault, Self harm, Racial slurs, Violence, Racism, Genocide, Gore, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, Hate crime, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Blood, Colonisation, Death of parent, Trafficking, and Suicidal thoughts

danicampbell0506's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, and Torture

Moderate: Death of parent, Racial slurs, and Toxic relationship

canascorner's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

I enjoyed parts of this book. There were some characters who were well fleshed out with clear and understandable motives while others needed more substance. The  plot and world building kept me engaged but the flimsy feeling characters and confusing ending kept it from being 5 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence